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HTTP Request Node

The http request node allows to make http request and receive to respond.

Request

There are four components to an http request.

  • url
  • method
  • header
  • body

Method

Action that we want to perform at the given url.

GET Receive Info

POST Send Info

DELETE, PUT, PATCH are less common.

In the header we communicate more detail/context for the request.

Common infos are: - Your device location - Your device language - Your devie type

Example header: - ACCEPT:application/json tells server would like response in json format.

Body

Only exist for post request. Contains information that get send to the server

Response

Three components of http response.

  • status code
  • header
  • body

Status Code

Three digit number that indicates whether request was succesful. 200 - OK 401 - Unauthorised 404 - Not found 500 - Internal Server error

When starts with 4 most likely your mistake, when it starts with 5 problem on the server side.

Header

Header gives more detail to response Common ones are: - Content-length - Content-type - Expire

Body

Data that gets returned - html - json - data

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