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KNOW YOUR HTTP * WELL

HTTP encodings, headers, media types, methods, relations and status codes, all summarized and linking to their specification.

This project is used by HyperREST bin at bin.hyperrest.com .

Table of Contents

• SPECS
• ENCODINGS
• HEADERS
• MEDIA TYPES
• METHODS
• RELATIONS
• STATUS CODES

How to convert to other formats

• pandoc
• Marked
• ...

Packages

Emacs

(require 'know-your-http-well)
;; M-x http-header ;; content-type
;; M-x http-method ;; post | POST
;; M-x http-relation ;; describedby
;; M-x http-status-code ;; 500
;; M-x http-status-code ;; not_found | NOT_FOUND

JavaScript

var httpWell = require('know-your-http-well'),
    statusWell = httpWell.statusPhrasesToCodes,
    phraseWell = httpWell.statusCodesToPhrases;

// on the server side
res.statusCode = statusWell.NOT_FOUND

// on the client side
if (res.statusCode !== statusWell.OK) {
    // Log "Request returned 404 Not Found"
    log('Request returned ' + res.statusCode + ' ' + phraseWell[res.statusCode]);
}

JSON

Just take a look at ./json/*.json.

References

• https://github.com/dret/webconcepts
• DanaDanger on twitter.com: HTTP response codes for dummies. 50x: we fucked up. 40x: you fucked up. 30x: ask that dude over there. 20x: cool.
• Steve Losh on twitter.com : HTTP status ranges in a nutshell: 1xx: hold on. 2xx: here you go. 3xx: go away. 4xx: you fucked up. 5xx: I fucked up

License

Unlicense.

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