HTTP HTTP requests Basic request format
Example
In HTTP 1.1, a minimal HTTP request consists of a request line and a Host header:
GET /search HTTP/1.1 \r\n
Host: google.com \r\n
\r\n
The first line has this format:
Method Request-URI HTTP-Version CRLF
Method should be a valid HTTP method; one of [1][2]:
OPTIONSGETHEADPOSTPUTDELETEPATCHTRACECONNECT
Request-URI indicates either the URI or the path to the resource that the client is requesting. It can be either:
- a fully-qualified URI, including scheme, host, (optional) port and path; or
- a path, in which case the host must be specified in the
Hostheader
HTTP-Version indicates the version of the HTTP protocol the client is using. For HTTP 1.1 requests this must always be HTTP/1.1.
The request line ends with a carriage return—line feed pair, usually represented by \r\n.
