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HTTP Stands for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol", and is the protocol that applications use to access documents/webpages/data from the world wide web.

HTTP Stands for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol", and is the protocol that applications use to access documents/webpages/data from the world wide web.

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What is HTTP Method PROPFIND used for?

I notice a series lines never seen before on my server access log that runs like this consecutively within the same one second: PROPFIND /images/flag.jpg HTTP/1.1 405 493 265 511 - LibreOffice HEAD /images/flag.jpg HTTP/1.1 200 164 - …
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Cannot access my own web page

I am developing, learning and experimenting with php,html,javascript,flash and so on. Having web hosting and all of the cpanel, phpmyadmin and other utilities. One day, while updating information, connection between my computer and website just…
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Is there a way to return a response every x seconds or so to a single http request?

I'm wondering if it's possible to send a response every second or so to a single http request. Like for example the client makes an http request, then the server sends a space character every second. This could be never ending or with a limit, for…
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HTTP 3 support on Windows Server 2019 to improve performace of websites

Does Windows Server 2019 (Standard) support HTTP3 or can it be configured to SUPPORT HTTP3 for a .net and MVC based website? From internet research, it seems that Windows Server 2022 supports HTTP3 but I could find any example where they talk of…
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Why am I getting a 400 BAD REQUEST error for simple GET request?

I'm using an old programming language (Adobe's Extendscript). It has a simple Socket object to send TCP/IP requests. The following lines always used to work for me: reply = ""; conn = new Socket; if (conn.open ("www.freelancebookdesign.com:80")) { …
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What is the most relevant HTTP status when waiting for user activation?

I'm coding a user registration process and wondering if 200 (OK) is the most relevant HTTP status for response after username/password creation, when waiting for user activation. HTTP status 202 (accepted) seems relevant too.
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How to indicate to search engines that a website is permanently closed?

Obviously when a website disappears Google etc will stop indexing it at some point, but is there some way for a web server to provide a more formal response indicating that a website is permanently closed, such as setting it to return a particular…
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410 permanent delete not working

I've deleted a web page permanently and also added this rule in the bottom of my .htaccess: RewriteRule ^paysignet-payment-gateway-features-and-benefits.html$ - [G,L] But this url of this page:…
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What is the syntax for using 410 status for deleted pages?

I want to permanently delete some pages in my site using 410 status. I'm not sure of correct syntax of removing pages using 410. I've found one syntax and I've a page( duplicate product page content) to remove :…
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What are the methods for keeping receiving json data from HTTP without requesting every time?

Suppose I want to 'subscribe' to a service which will give me the dollar price every second. Making an HTTP request every second, when multiplied by millions of clients, will stress the server. I know of a technique where you call the server once,…
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Required http methods for generic small businesses' web application?

Except GET and POST methods, should I implement rest of the methods of the http such as HEAD? The website is about a small business site, all I'm worry is about search engines and indexing. Thanks in advance.
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