https://ilham.dev/tags/http/Recent content in Http on ilham.devHugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-basic-auth-header-for-testing/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-basic-auth-header-for-testing/Basic Auth sends a username and password encoded with Base64 inside an Authorization header. It is not encryption by itself. The Basic Auth Header tool helps with the mechanical part, but I still check the result before using it somewhere real.https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-build-an-http-header-block/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-build-an-http-header-block/Building headers from key/value rows helps avoid typo-heavy manual header blocks. I use HTTP Header Builder for the quick version of this task, then I review the output before relying on it.https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-convert-curl-commands-into-code/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-convert-curl-commands-into-code/API documentation often gives examples as curl commands: curl -X POST https://api.example.com/users \ -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"name":"Ana"}' That is useful for testing, but eventually I need the same request in application code.https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-look-up-http-status-codes-during-debugging/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-look-up-http-status-codes-during-debugging/HTTP status codes are short signals from a server. They tell me whether a request succeeded, redirected, failed on the client side, or failed on the server side. The HTTP Status Codes tool helps me inspect the input and output without writing a one-off script first.https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-look-up-mime-types-for-files/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-look-up-mime-types-for-files/A MIME type tells software what kind of content a file or response contains. The MIME Types tool helps with the mechanical part, but I still check the result before using it somewhere real.https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-read-a-curl-command-before-running-it/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-read-a-curl-command-before-running-it/A curl command is an HTTP request written for the terminal. Before running one from documentation or chat, I want to know what it will send. The curl Tester tool gives me a safe place to test the idea before I put it into a script, server, or production workflow.https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-read-http-headers/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-read-http-headers/HTTP headers are small pieces of metadata sent with a request or response. They can explain things that are not visible in the page body. When a website or API behaves strangely, I often look at the headers first.https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-test-an-http-request-before-writing-code/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700https://ilham.dev/posts/how-to-test-an-http-request-before-writing-code/Before I put an API call into code, I like to prove the request works by itself: URL, method, headers, body, and response. The HTTP Request Tester tool gives me a safe place to test the idea before I put it into a script, server, or production workflow.