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HTTP headers | Access-Control-Allow-Methods

Last Updated: 08 June 2020

The Access-Control-Allow-Methods header is a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing(CORS) response-type header. It is used to indicate which HTTP methods are permitted while access...read more

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HTTP headers | Warning

Last Updated: 08 June 2020

The HTTP headers allows the customer and server to pass additional information with an HTTP solicitation or response. The Warning general HTTP header entertains the inform...read more

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HTTP headers | cache-control

Last Updated: 16 June 2020

The Cache-Control header is a general header, that specifies the caching policies of server responses as well as client requests. Basically, it gives information about the...read more

Last Updated: 06 September 2021

ETag or Entity Tag is a response-type header that works as a validator to let client make conditional requests. It makes re-validation requests more efficient by triggerin...read more

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HTTP headers | Early-Data

Last Updated: 27 October 2022

The Early-Data header is a kind of HTTP header that permits clients to send requests immediately. This ensures that there are no one or two round-trip delays that are requ...read more

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HTTP headers | Referrer-Policy

Last Updated: 12 October 2021

The Referrer Policy HTTP header sets the parameter for amount of information sent along with Referrer Header while making a request. Referrer policy is used to maintain th...read more

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HTTP headers | Content-Disposition

Last Updated: 22 June 2020

The HTTP Content Disposition is a response-type header field that gives information on how to process the response payload and additional information such as filename when...read more

Last Updated: 23 June 2020

For serialising one or more links in HTTP headers, the HTTP Link header-field is used. It allows the server to point an interested client to another resource containing me...read more

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HTTP headers | Feature-Policy

Last Updated: 23 June 2020

The HTTP Feature-Policy is response-type headers. Most of our web browser are empowered nowadays to use some features and API’s to provide additional experiences for web u...read more

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HTTP headers | Content-Security-Policy

Last Updated: 16 July 2021

The Content Security Policy response header field is a tool to implement defense in depth mechanism for protection of data from content injection vulnerabilities such as c...read more

Last Updated: 14 July 2020

The HTTP Patch method is used to request a set of modifications in the request entity to be applied for the resource recognized by the Request-URI. This method plays a vit...read more

Difference between HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1

Last Updated: 28 March 2023

HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol it is used in client-server communication. By using HTTP user sends the request to the server the server sends the response t...read more

What are some attributes that help to safeguard HTTP cookies from XSS attacks ?

Last Updated: 11 April 2023

What is HTTP cookies?HTTP cookies are generally known as internet/browser cookies. These cookies are commonly referred to as small blocks of data that are created by the w...read more

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What is 406 Status Code? Issues, and How to Fix Them

Last Updated: 15 April 2025

We often encounter errors while browsing the web. One such common error is HTTP 406: Not Acceptable Error. Essentially, it signals that the server is unable to generate a ...read more

Last Updated: 04 October 2024

HTTP messages are the core components of communication in web applications. They enable the exchange of data between clients (like web browsers) and servers. Every time a ...read more