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HTTP/HTTPS

Sub-categories

  1. API-Client Interaction
    Routines through which our SMS API interacts with client servers.
  2. Client-API Interaction
    The routines through which client servers can interact with the TM4B messaging platform.

 

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  • An overview of HTTP

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An overview of HTTP

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol and is the underlying mechanism used to convey information over the internet. Through TCP/IP sockets, it can convey any form of data that can be identified with a URL and uses a basic client-server model:

  • A client opens a connection and sends a request to a server.
  • The server then returns a response and closes the connection.

A simple example of this the internet browser being used to view this page:

  1. The internet browser opened a connection with our server and requested this web-page.
  2. Our server returned the web-page and closed the connection.
  3. The internet browser then put the HTML together and displayed it on-screen.

For a more detailed explanation of HTTP, please read the tutorial 'HTTP Made Really Easy'.