{"draft":"draft-loreto-http-bidirectional-07","doc_id":"RFC6202","title":"Known Issues and Best Practices for the Use of Long Polling and Streaming in Bidirectional HTTP","authors":["S. Loreto","P. Saint-Andre","S. Salsano","G. Wilkins"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"19","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"IETF - NON WORKING GROUP","abstract":"On today's Internet, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is often\r\nused (some would say abused) to enable asynchronous, \"server-\r\ninitiated\" communication from a server to a client as well as\r\ncommunication from a client to a server.  This document describes\r\nknown issues and best practices related to such \"bidirectional HTTP\"\r\napplications, focusing on the two most common mechanisms: HTTP long\r\npolling and HTTP streaming.  This document is not an Internet \r\nStandards Track specification; it is published for informational \r\npurposes.","pub_date":"April 2011","keywords":["Hypertext Transfer Protocol","bidirectional HTTP","HTTP long polling","HTTP streaming"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6202","errata_url":null}