Syntax error What are important HTTP headers to be frequently used in Python CGI Programming?

What are important HTTP headers to be frequently used in Python CGI Programming?

HTTP Header

The line Content-type:text/html\r\n\r\n is part of HTTP header which is sent to the browser to understand the content. All the HTTP header will be in the following form −

HTTP Field Name − Field Content

For Example

Content-type − text/html\r\n\r\n

There are few other important HTTP headers, which we will use frequently in our CGI Programming.     

Sr.No.
 Header
 Description
1
 Content-type:

 A MIME string defining the format of the file being returned. Example is Content-type:text/html
2
 Expires: Date

 The date the information becomes invalid. It is used by the browser to decide when a page needs to be refreshed. A valid date string is in the format 01 Jan 1998 12:00:00 GMT.
3
 Location: URL

 The URL that is returned instead of the URL requested. You can use this field to redirect a request to any file.
4
 Last-modified: Date

 The date of last modification of the resource.
5
 Content-length: N

 The length, in bytes, of the data being returned. The browser uses this value to report the estimated download time for a file.
6
 Set-Cookie: String

 Set the cookie passed through the string


Updated on: 2020-06-16T12:25:28+05:30

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