API & Communication Design/HTTP Fundamentals

HTTP Fundamentals

The foundation of how systems communicate over the web — requests, responses, and the rules that govern them.

Request/Response Model

HTTP Methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)

Status Codes

Idempotency

Statelessness

Caching

Headers

Authentication (JWT, Cookies, API Keys)

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