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HTTP Protocol

Experiment with HTTP

Click the Send Requst button to send the following HTTP Get request to icm.mcs.kent.edu

GET /tryhttp.html HTTP/1.1
HOST: icm.mcs.kent.edu

Click the button below to display HTTP response.



Challenges

The above demo shows only a fixed HTTP request. But, you can use a command on your own operating system (such as nc on Linux and Mac, and Netcat on Windows) to try this and other HTTP requests.

  • Try some HTTP1.1 requests of your own.

  • Try some HTTP1.0 requests of your own.