Variant object
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Variant objects in the context of HTTP are objects served by an Origin Content Server in a type of transmitted data variation (i.e. uncompressed, compressed, different languages, etc.). HTTP/1.1 (1997–1999) introduces Content/Accept headers. These are used in HTTP requests and responses to state which variant the data is presented in.
Variant objects in the context of HTTP are objects served by an Origin Content Server in a type of transmitted data variation (i.e. uncompressed, compressed, different languages, etc.). HTTP/1.1 (1997–1999) introduces Content/Accept headers. These are used in HTTP requests and responses to state which variant the data is presented in. ==Example scenario== Client: GET /encoded_data.html HTTP/1.1 Host: www.example.com Accept-Encoding: gzip Server: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: http-example-server Content-Length: 23 Content-Encoding: gzip ==See also== Content negotiation HTTP HTTP compression List of HTTP headers ==References== ==External links==
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