Request

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

Request may refer to any of the following:

1. In general, an RQ or request is asking a person or device for something. For example, someone may request an answer to a computer question.

2. With HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), a request is a message sent to a web server by a browser or other HTTP client to get information. For example, a browser may send a GET request to retrieve an HTML (hypertext markup language) web page. Other forms of HTTP requests are POST, PUT, and DELETE.

3. Also known as a query and command, a database request is a message sent to a database (e.g., delete, insert, retrieve) which, in turn, performs an action.

4. With an API (application programming interface), a request is a message sent to a server to retrieve information or perform a task. For example, with the OpenAI API, a user could make an API request to perform an LLM (large language model) look up on their servers.

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