- From: John Franks <john@math.nwu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 19:28:32 -0500 (CDT)
- To: Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com, http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Tristan Savatier wrote: > Thanks. Now I see how to do a GET with range request. > > Now, another question: > > Is there a way to specify the offset or range with the http: URL > syntax ? > > i.e. something like http://host/dir/file@range=0,500 > There is no provision in HTTP to do this. However, some servers have the built-in capability and you could do it using a CGI script with any server. An early version of the the byterange specification did not use a header and put the range request in the URL. There are pros and cons for URL vs. header. In the end it was deemed that a header was best. However, one of the cons is that you loose a lot of functionality by not allowing a range specification in the URL. Of course any server is free to do it in a non-standard way and, as mentioned above it can be done with CGI. John Franks john@math.nwu.edu
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