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
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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
bash
h2spec -h localhost -p 8443 --tls --insecure
HTTP Header Analysis
bash
curl -v -I https://example.com
HTTP/2 Frame Inspection
bash
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