AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP
What is payload?
Payload: The main data carried by a message, as distinct from the headers and other overhead around it. In APIs it means the body of a request or response, or the data inside an event or token.
Payload: an example
The JSON object sent in a POST call is its payload.
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Where you learn it
Payload is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.