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Figure 1.6: Result of the POST Request
Notice how Figure 1.6 is different than Figure 1.5? The arguments are displayed as
POST
arguments, rather than HTTP GET arguments. Additionally, the request type is
POST
.
So far, only the data passed in HTTP requests and responses has been examined. There
are also headers that contain useful information. The headers will be examined in the next
section.
HTTP Headers
HTTP headers are additional information that is transferred along with both HTTP re-
quests and responses. HTTP requests and responses will return different headers. In the
following sections both HTTP request and response headers will be examined.
