HyperText Transfer Protocol(HTTP)

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol(HTTP), and it is a foundation of world wide web. HTTP is used to load webpages using HyperText links. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for World Wide Web is designed to permit communications between clients and servers. It works as a request-response protocol between a client and server.

Examples: A client sends HTTP request through browser to server, then server returns a response to the client with information about the request and also requested content.

HTTP Methods

1. GET
2. POST
3. PUT
4. HEAD
5. DELETE
6. PATCH
7. OPTIONS
8. CONNECT
9. TRACE

GET Method

The Get method is an HTTP Method, that is used to used to request the data from the server. Mostly it is used by browser to request a resources from the server. GET method is most common methods used in web developments and API’s. Get method is most commonly used for accessing images, stylesheet, scripts, web pages and other resources of the web.

POST Method

The HTTP POST method is one of the mos important HTTP method in web development. In web development, developers mostly uses the POST methods to send data to a server to submit or creates a resources.

PUT Method

The PUT method is an HTTP request method uses by client to send data to a server. It commonly used to update a existing data or create a new data if doesn’t exists.