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HTTP Protocol
9 students
Course updated
25 July 2023
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Included in the course
10 lessons (video or text)
9 exercises in the IDE
33 quizzes
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What you'll learn
- Understand the structure of HTTP at a fundamental level
- Use verbs and request headers correctly
- Work with forms and encode data in a variety of ways
- Use different types of redirects and basic HTTP built-in authentication
- Save data between requests using cookies and manage their lifetime
Description
This course focuses on the HTTP Internet Protocol, which makes websites and browsers work. Understanding HTTP is the foundation every programmer should have. You'll learn more about the HTTP protocol at the most fundamental level: how it works and how to use it correctly.
Course program
Estimated time: 13 hours
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7
Data transfer via a query string
Learning how to pass data to the server in the request line using the query string -
9
Basic authentication
Learn how basic authentication works and how the browser reacts to a 401 code -
11
Additional resources
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