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RFC 9110 - HTTP Semantics

The IETF standard defining HTTP semantics: methods, status codes, header fields, content negotiation, authentication, and request/response message formats. The authoritative reference for RESTful HTTP API design.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: restful:http-rfc-9110
name: RFC 9110 - HTTP Semantics
description: 'The IETF standard defining HTTP semantics: methods, status codes, header fields, content
  negotiation, authentication, and request/response message formats. The authoritative reference for RESTful
  HTTP API design.'
humanURL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110
tags:
- HTTP
- RFC
- Standards
properties:
- type: Standards
  url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110