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Verified 2026-09-18 · registry updated 2026-08-28

Range

Requests one or more byte ranges from a representation.

Use Range with a valid unit such as bytes. Servers may ignore the field and return the full representation if range handling is not supported.

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Reference (http)

Range: bytes=0-999

Use Range with a valid unit such as bytes. Servers may ignore the field and return the full representation if range handling is not supported.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming every server must honor a range or failing to handle 200 full responses.

IANA registry: http-fields/field-names

Registry reference: RFC 9110, Section 14.2: HTTP Semantics

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