AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP

What is HTTP response?

HTTP response: The message a server returns for a request, made of a status line (protocol version, status code, reason), headers and usually a body. Clients read the status code first to decide whether the call worked.

Level: beginnerTopic: Web APIs HTTP

HTTP response: an example

HTTP/1.1 200 OK, Content-Type: application/json, then a body {"id": 5}.

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