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bitcycle
bitcycle

Reputation: 7792

how to create http headers from scratch

So, I made a simple socket server using python. And now I'm trying to structure a proper http response. However, I can't seem to find any sort of tutorial or spec that discusses how to format http responses.

Could someone point me to the right place?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5907

Answers (3)

ardsrk
ardsrk

Reputation: 2447

The urllib2 python standard library module helps you add http headers to your request.

Look in here for an example.

Upvotes: 2

Daniel Vassallo
Daniel Vassallo

Reputation: 344291

You may want to check out the following article:

The section Sample HTTP Exchange could help you getting started. Quoting:

The server should respond with something like the following, sent back through the same socket:

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:59:59 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 1354

<html>
<body>
<h1>Happy New Millennium!</h1>
(more file contents)
  .
  .
  .
</body>
</html>

After sending the response, the server closes the socket.

The full protocol is defined in RFC 2616 if you want to get serious about this.

Upvotes: 2

Nicholas Riley
Nicholas Riley

Reputation: 44321

RFC 2616.

Upvotes: 3

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