HTTP Protocol

HTTP Protocol Skill

Expert skill for HTTP protocol implementation, testing, and compliance validation across HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 versions.

Capabilities

• RFC Compliance Validation: Validate HTTP implementations against RFC 7230-7235 (HTTP/1.1), RFC 7540 (HTTP/2), and RFC 9114 (HTTP/3)
• HTTP/2 Frame Analysis: Analyze and debug HTTP/2 frame streams, HPACK header compression, and stream multiplexing
• HTTP/3 and QUIC Support: Work with HTTP/3 implementations and QUIC transport layer
• Server Configuration: Generate optimal HTTP server configurations for various platforms
• Performance Testing: Test HTTP performance characteristics including keep-alive, pipelining, and multiplexing
• Chunked Encoding: Debug and implement chunked transfer encoding
• Header Analysis: Analyze and validate HTTP headers for security and compliance

Tools and Dependencies

• curl - HTTP client with extensive protocol support
• h2spec - HTTP/2 conformance testing tool
• nghttp2 - HTTP/2 library and tools
• quiche - HTTP/3 and QUIC implementation
• httpie - User-friendly HTTP client

Target Processes

• http-server.js
• http2-server.js
• http-client-library.js
• rest-api-client-generator.js

Usage Examples

HTTP/2 Conformance Testing

h2spec -h localhost -p 8443 --tls --insecure

HTTP Header Analysis

curl -v -I https://example.com

HTTP/2 Frame Inspection

nghttp -v https://example.com

Quality Gates

• RFC compliance verification
• HTTP/2 h2spec test passage
• Performance benchmarking with standard tools
• Header security validation
• Connection handling verification