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An HTTP Range request asks the server to send parts of a resource back to a client. Range requests are useful for various clients, including media players that
by eli 11mo ago
An HTTP Range request asks the server to send parts of a resource back to a client. Range requests are useful for various clients, including media players that support random access, data tools that require only part of a large file, and download managers that let users pause and resume a download.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Range_requests https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Ran...
- 867-5309 11mo agoalso handy for bypassing bandwidth restrictions: capped at 100kbps? launch 1000 workers to grab chunks then assemble the survivors
- fragmede 11mo agothat's what axel downloader does!
- johnfn 11mo agoHTTP Range doesn't have anything to do with allowing a client to select a subset of fields.