Transfer-Encoding

Transfer-Encoding

 

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If some encoding had to be performed to transfer the HTTP message body safely, the message will contain the Transfer-Encoding header. Its value is a list of the encodings that were performed on the message body. If multiple encodings were performed, they are listed in order.

The Transfer-Encoding header differs from the Content-Encoding header because the transfer encoding is an encoding that was performed by a server or other intermediary application to transfer the message.

Transfer encodings are discussed in Chapter 15.

Type

General header

Basic Syntax

Transfer-Encoding: 1# transfer-coding

Example

Transfer-Encoding: chunked