RFC 7231

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content, June 2014

File formats:
icon for text file icon for PDF icon for HTML icon for inline errata
Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Obsoletes:
RFC 2616
Obsoleted by:
RFC 9110
Updates:
RFC 2817
Authors:
R. Fielding, Ed.
J. Reschke, Ed.
Stream:
IETF
Source:
httpbis (wit)

Cite this RFC: TXT  |  XML  |   BibTeX

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7231

Discuss this RFC: Send questions or comments to the mailing list ietf-http-wg@w3.org

Other actions: View Errata  |  Submit Errata  |  Find IPR Disclosures from the IETF  |  View History of RFC 7231


Abstract

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless \%application- level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document defines the semantics of HTTP/1.1 messages, as expressed by request methods, request header fields, response status codes, and response header fields, along with the payload of messages (metadata and body content) and mechanisms for content negotiation.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




Advanced Search