Known Issues and Best Practices for the Use of Long Polling and Streaming in Bidirectional HTTP

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 19
Abstract: On today's Internet, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is often used (some would say abused) to enable asynchronous, "server- initiated" communication from a server to a client as well as communication from a client to a server. This document describes known issues and best practices related to such "bidirectional HTTP" applications, focusing on the two most common mechanisms: HTTP long polling and HTTP streaming. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6202
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6202
Author(s): Salvatore Loreto
Peter Saint-Andre
Stefano Salsano
Greg Wilkins
Keyword(s): HTTP, Bidirectional HTTP, HTTP Long Polling, HTTP Streaming

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IETF RFC 6455 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7641 [Active*]