RFC 6202 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011

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

Overview

RFC 6202, “Known Issues and Best Practices for the Use of Long Polling and Streaming in Bidirectional HTTP”, is an Informational document published in April 2011 by S. Loreto, P. Saint-Andre, S. Salsano, G. Wilkins. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

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.

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