Variant object

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Variant objects in the context of HTTP are objects served by an Origin Content Server in a type of transmitted data variation (i.e. uncompressed, compressed, different languages, etc.).

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HTTP/1.1 (1997–1999) [1] [2] introduces Content/Accept headers. These are used in HTTP requests and responses to state which variant the data is presented in.[ citation needed ]

Example scenario

Client:

GET/encoded_data.htmlHTTP/1.1Host:www.example.comAccept-Encoding:gzip

Server:

HTTP/1.1200OK Server:http-example-serverContent-Length:23Content-Encoding:gzip  <23 bytes of gzip compressed data>

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fielding, Roy T.; Gettys, Jim; Mogul, Jeffrey C.; Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk; Berners-Lee, Tim (January 1997). Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1. IETF. doi: 10.17487/RFC2068 . RFC 2068 . Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  2. ↑ Fielding, Roy T.; Gettys, James; Mogul, Jeffrey C.; Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk; Masinter, Larry; Leach, Paul J.; Berners-Lee, Tim (June 1999). Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1. IETF. doi: 10.17487/RFC2616 . RFC 2616 . Retrieved 2009-10-24.


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