HyperText Transfer Protocol
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Web revisioning and the Accept-Datetime header
I have been in the process of generating documentation for an upcoming project. One of the features of the data available in this project is that it will be revisioned (or at least large parts of it ...
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1answer
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How can I send audio input as chunked HTTP?
I am trying to create an interface with an external server, and don't know where to start. I would need to take audio as input to my computer, and send it to the remote server as a chunked HTTP ...
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RESTful URI's, Creating a new noun/uri or add a queryparameter
I have a Person class with a one to many relationship to Employment. A Person in the CRM can have multiple Employments (historic data).
My current REST URI for this class looks like this:
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1answer
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Are there any problems with implementing custom HTTP methods?
We have a URL in the following format
/instance/{instanceType}/{instanceId}
You can call it with the standard HTTP methods: POST, GET, DELETE, PUT. However, there are a few more actions that we ...
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Queuing rpc calls
I'm designing a system which listens to JSON RPC calls from clients, piles them up inside a list, and if the list gets full it should store them in a DB and keep receiving calls.
My original plan is ...
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Is path in Set-Cookie URL encoded?
I'm writing some code that sets cookies and I'm wondering about the exact semantics of the Set-Cookie header. Imagine the following HTTP header line:
Set-Cookie: name=value; Path=/%20
For with path ...
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Protocol Violation - Verb does not allow content type [closed]
Cross post from stackoverflow, where it has not been answered....
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15238733/protocol-violation-verb-does-not-allow-content-type
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How to interact with C++ API through http commands?
I have a C++ API, I want to send commands through http to run any c++ method from this API. I'm using libmicrohttpd.
What steps should I follow to do such a work?
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Why can't the PHP engine handle HTTP communication?
The PHP engine interprets the PHP code and is perfectly capable of working with sockets, forming HTTP packets, etc. Why then do we need a separate Apache server, when the http serving duties could be ...
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Is a predefined key enough security when performing HTTP requests between two secure servers?
I have an AdWords script that regularly transfers sensitive data to my server using a POST HTTP request. For security I have a predefined 32 character randomized string that is verified by my server ...
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Why shouldn't a GET request change data on the server?
All over the internet, I see the following advice:
A GET should never change data on the server- use a POST request for that
What is the basis for this idea?
If I make a php service which ...
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Writing a TCP protocol or use HTTP for file transfer?
I want to write a server side application which allows several users to exchange files (not above 3MB) in the following way: user A connects to (server) S. User B connects to S. User C connects S. ...
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Is it possible to get dynamically generated html in asp.net tags using HTTP Modules?
I want to know if it is possible to write to a log/text file dynamically generated HTML in asp.net tags in an .aspx page using HTTP modules.
By dynamically generated HTML, I mean the html content ...
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Does the lack of states on HTTP make the protocol unfit for modern applications? [closed]
I changed from PHP to ASP.NET, now I’m working with webforms in a somewhat large company. I given some though and research to back my impressions on ASP.NET webforms and I came to the conclusion that ...
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Trailing slash in RESTful API
I have been having a debate about what to do with a trailing slash in a RESTful API.
Lets say I have a resource called dogs and subordinate resources for individual dogs. We can therefore do the ...
