HTTP Responses

HTTP Responses conclude the transaction. Other transactions may be required to get other resources found on the page. Remember that \r\n separates the header from the actual data.

Initial Response Line (Status Line)

The initial response line, called the status line, also has three parts separated by spaces: the HTTP version, a response status code that gives the result of the request, and an English reason phrase describing the status code. Typical status lines are:

HTTP/1.0 200 OK

or

HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found

Notes:

• The HTTP version is in the same format as in the request line, "HTTP/x.x".
• The status code is meant to be computer-readable; the reason phrase is meant to be human-readable, and may vary.

Example 1

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Date: Mon, 27Jul2009 12:28:53 GMT

Server: Apache/2.2.14 (Win32)

Last-Modified: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:15:56 GMT

Content-Length: 88

Content-Type: text/html

Connection: Closed

Example 2

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2012 10:36:20 GMT

Server: Apache/2.2.14 (Win32)

Content-Length: 230

Connection: Closed

Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1