Means: server returns data (In this case: JSON data)
Localhost & curl
Curl: command line app, that can send HTTP requests. More options than browser.
Sending a http request in your webbrowser: localhost(bv: :1901) to reach the server.
curl localhost:1901 in your terminal to get
the same response, but in the terminal instead of your webbrowser.
Head
API sends info about the request, aka headers. They don’t display that information, like
element in html.
You can get the information with:
—verbose
Document starts with: GET = request line
*: data
: request
<: response
Find out which options are supported for a resource
curl localhost:1901 --verbose --request OPTIONS
Status codes in the range of 4xx = error
Status codes in the range of 2xx = everything is ok, but no need for the server to send any data back
HEAD = same as get, without the body.
POST = add something to a resource
PUT = place a resource somewhere, if it exists or not
PATCH = change only a few things
API returns:
JSON data
XML data
HTML or CSV or other data, based on what the client wants
Client can support some kind of coding, so the server will send compression alsorithm. Gzip is popular compression.
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Finished transfer assignment
Cheatsheet transfer
API (for movies)
Means: server returns data (In this case: JSON data)
Localhost & curl
Curl: command line app, that can send HTTP requests. More options than browser.
Sending a http request in your webbrowser: localhost(bv: :1901) to reach the server.
curl localhost:1901 in your terminal to get the same response, but in the terminal instead of your webbrowser.
Head
API sends info about the request, aka headers. They don’t display that information, like
element in html.You can get the information with: —verbose
Document starts with: GET = request line *: data
Find out which options are supported for a resource
curl localhost:1901 --verbose --request OPTIONS
Status codes in the range of 4xx = error Status codes in the range of 2xx = everything is ok, but no need for the server to send any data back
HEAD = same as get, without the body. POST = add something to a resource PUT = place a resource somewhere, if it exists or not PATCH = change only a few things
API returns:
JSON data XML data HTML or CSV or other data, based on what the client wants
Client can support some kind of coding, so the server will send compression alsorithm. Gzip is popular compression.
You can authorise a request by using a token.