What is HTTP requests?

HTTP requests are the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web. They are the method by which web browsers (clients) ask web servers for resources like HTML pages, images, and other data. An HTTP request includes a method (e.g., GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) that indicates the desired action, headers containing additional information about the request, and optionally a body containing data being sent to the server. HTTP is commonly used to retrieve data from a server (GET), submit data to a server (POST), update data on a server (PUT), or delete data from a server (DELETE).