HTTP - michelesaba-401-advanced-javascript/HTTP-and-REST GitHub Wiki

Welcome to the HTTP-and-REST wiki! HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Communication between a host and a client occurs, via a request/response pair.

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

HTTP url image example.

These request verbs are:

GET: fetch an existing resource. The URL contains all the necessary information the server needs to locate and return the resource. POST: create a new resource. POST requests usually carry a payload that specifies the data for the new resource. PUT: update an existing resource. The payload may contain the updated data for the resource. DELETE: delete an existing resource.

Libraries: ExpressJS jQuery Ajax