Variant object

Variant objects in the context of HTTP are objects served by an Origin Content Server in a type of transmitted data variation (i.e. uncompressed, compressed, different languages, etc.).

HTTP/1.1 (1997–1999) introduces Content/Accept headers. These are used in HTTP requests and responses to state which variant the data is presented in.

Example scenario

Client:

Server:

See also

• Content negotiation
• HTTP
• HTTP compression
• List of HTTP headers

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