HTTP - GET Request Example

• GET /document.html HTTP/1.0Accept: www/sourceAccept: text/htmlAccept: image/gifUser-Agent: Lynx/2.2 libww/2.14From: mnotulli@ukonaix.cc.ukans.edu -- blank-line-terminating-the-request --

• First line syntax is always: METHOD URL ProtocolVersion

• The following lines form a header of an (extended) MIME message

• "User-Agent" specifies the browser type

• "Accept" specifies MIME types recognized by the browser

• The server is expected to provide the requested data in one of these acceptable formats.

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