RFC 2068:Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
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Request and Response


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... transport; any protocol that provides such guarantees can be used; the mapping of the HTTP/1.1 request and response structures onto the transport data units ...


... There are a few header fields which have general applicability for both request and response messages, but which do not apply to the entity being transferred. These header fields ...


... Request and Response messages MAY transfer an entity if not otherwise restricted by the request method ...



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