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HTTP requests and responses
Read an HTTP message, choose the right method, and interpret the status code that comes back. About 13 minutes.
A client receives 503 Service Unavailable. Whose problem is it, and what is a sensible response?
- AThe server's: it is overloaded or down; retry later
- BThe client's: the request was malformed
- CThe resource has moved; follow the Location header
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The server's: it is overloaded or down; retry later. 5xx codes mean the server failed to handle a possibly valid request.
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