GET
RequestGET
request (and other
HTTP request types, see later) to
additionally send a series of optional Request
Headers along with the request. For example, here's a
typical request to ironbark, snarfed from the local network (with
some cosmetic editing):
The request headers are terminated with a blank line -- hence the need for two newlines, as seen in the first slide of today's lecture. It's also possible for the request to contain a "message body", just like a response message -- we defer discussion of this until later.GET /index.html HTTP/1.0 Accept: image/gif, image/jpeg, */* Host: ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC) Referer: http://bindi.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/index.html
Lecture 05: Applications #3.1: HTML and HTTP Basics | Copyright © 2004 P.Scott, La Trobe University Bendigo. |