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Request Anatomy

GET request POST request Request target Host header User-Agent Accept header Content-Type header Authorization header

Response Anatomy

200 OK 201 Created 204 No Content 301 redirect 304 Not Modified 400 Bad Request 401 Unauthorized 404 Not Found

Methods & Semantics

PUT PATCH DELETE HEAD OPTIONS Safe methods Idempotent methods Conditional requests

Caching

Cache-Control max-age no-store ETag If-None-Match Last-Modified If-Modified-Since Vary Shared cache concept

Cookies & Security

Set-Cookie Secure cookie HttpOnly cookie SameSite cookie CORS preflight Content-Security-Policy Strict-Transport-Security CSRF token transport

Modern Transport

HTTP/2 multiplexing HTTP/2 header compression concept HTTP/3 over QUIC concept Content-Encoding gzip Transfer-Encoding chunked Range requests Server-Sent Events WebSocket upgrade

HTTP and Web Protocols / Methods & Semantics

Idempotent methods

Learn Idempotent methods in HTTP and Web Protocols with a dedicated explanation, a concept-specific example, a production caution, and a mastery check.

12 min read • Intermediate

http-and-web-protocols-023.http

http

# Repeating this PUT with the same representation should leave the same resource state.
PUT /settings/theme HTTP/1.1
Host: api.example.test
Content-Type: application/json

{"theme":"dark"}

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Content source & attribution

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Lesson quizzes

Idempotent methods Mastery Check →

Conditional requests