What are HTTP requests?

What is HTTP? In short, HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol — and it's used to structure requests and responses over the internet. Whenever you access a site and load and interact with its content, you’re using HTTP.

In this video, we break down HTTP and the different processes that take place to make actions on the internet work smoothly. We also take a look at different types of HTTP requests.

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More details:
0:00 - 0:18 Introduction
0:19 - 1:23 #HTTP and #TCP
1:24 - 1:47 Types of Requests
1:48 - 3:51 How a GET Request works
3:52 - 4:12 HTTPS
4:13 - 4:55 Recap

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