# HowHTTPWorks.com

> HowHTTPWorks.com is an interactive guide to HTTP requests, responses, headers, cookies, and status codes.

## Sections
- Overview: https://howhttpworks.com
- Methods: https://howhttpworks.com/methods
- Status Codes: https://howhttpworks.com/status-codes
- Headers: https://howhttpworks.com/headers
- Cookies: https://howhttpworks.com/cookies
- Lifecycle: https://howhttpworks.com/learn/lifecycle
- Playground: https://howhttpworks.com/tools/playground
- Tools Hub: https://howhttpworks.com/tools
- Header Inspector: https://howhttpworks.com/tools/inspect
- CORS Debugger: https://howhttpworks.com/tools/cors-debugger
- Cache-Control Builder: https://howhttpworks.com/tools/cache-builder
- Cookie Builder: https://howhttpworks.com/tools/cookie-builder
- Status Code Picker: https://howhttpworks.com/tools/status-picker
- Message Parser: https://howhttpworks.com/tools/message-parser
- Search: https://howhttpworks.com/search
- Topic Clusters: https://howhttpworks.com/topics
- Learning Paths: https://howhttpworks.com/learning-paths
- Guides: https://howhttpworks.com/guides
- Glossary: https://howhttpworks.com/glossary
- 4xx Status Codes: https://howhttpworks.com/status-codes/class/4xx
- Feed: https://howhttpworks.com/feed.xml

## Learning Paths
- Learn HTTP Fundamentals: https://howhttpworks.com/learning-paths/learn-http-fundamentals
- Debug HTTP Problems in Production: https://howhttpworks.com/learning-paths/debug-http-in-production
- Ship Secure Auth and Cookies: https://howhttpworks.com/learning-paths/ship-secure-auth-and-cookies
- Improve HTTP Performance and Caching: https://howhttpworks.com/learning-paths/improve-http-performance-and-caching
- HTTP Fundamentals (9-part ordered sequence): https://howhttpworks.com/learning-paths/http-fundamentals
- Cookie Security (focused ordered sequence on HttpOnly and SameSite): https://howhttpworks.com/learning-paths/cookie-security

## Tags
- Tags Hub: https://howhttpworks.com/tags
- Security Tag: https://howhttpworks.com/tags/security
- Caching Tag: https://howhttpworks.com/tags/caching
- Authentication Tag: https://howhttpworks.com/tags/authentication
- Performance Tag: https://howhttpworks.com/tags/performance

## Comparisons
- Compare Hub: https://howhttpworks.com/compare
- 301 vs 302 Redirects: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/301-vs-302
- GET vs POST: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/get-vs-post
- Cookie-Based vs Session-Based Auth: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/cookie-vs-session
- 401 vs 403: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/401-vs-403
- PUT vs PATCH: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/put-vs-patch
- HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/http1-vs-http2
- CORS vs CSP: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/cors-vs-csp
- 304 Not Modified vs 200 OK: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/304-vs-200
- Permissions-Policy vs Feature-Policy: https://howhttpworks.com/compare/permissions-policy-vs-feature-policy

## Key Facts
- Content is vetted against authoritative sources (MDN, RFCs, IETF).
- Each topic has a dedicated canonical URL.
- JSON-LD structured data is provided for articles and tutorials.
- Series pages provide ordered learning paths with difficulty levels.
- Compare pages provide side-by-side analysis of similar HTTP concepts.
- Debug guides provide step-by-step troubleshooting for common HTTP errors.
- In Practice sections on reference pages show framework-specific code examples.

## Debug Guides
- Debug Hub: https://howhttpworks.com/debug
- Debugging CORS Errors: https://howhttpworks.com/debug/cors-error
- Debugging 403 Forbidden: https://howhttpworks.com/debug/403-forbidden
- Debugging 500 Internal Server Error: https://howhttpworks.com/debug/500-internal-server-error