HTTP in .NET

In each of the previous chapters, we explored the fundamental building blocks with which network software is built. In this chapter, we'll use those building blocks to construct an application that leverages the most common network protocol, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). We'll re-examine where in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) network stack HTTP falls, and why it is categorized as such. We'll more deeply consider the conventions around HTTP requests and responses, and spend some time exploring request, response, and content headers. We'll demonstrate how to use standard headers for specifying the content you want from an external HTTP resource, and how custom headers can be used to toggle specific features and functions of your application. Lastly, we'll explore how to serve content over the protocol to service HTTP requests...