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Accept-Ranges

Indicates whether a server supports range requests and which unit it accepts.

Use Accept-Ranges: bytes for resumable downloads and media seeking. Omission does not necessarily prove that ranges are unsupported.

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Reference (http)

Accept-Ranges: bytes

Use Accept-Ranges: bytes for resumable downloads and media seeking. Omission does not necessarily prove that ranges are unsupported.

Common mistakes

  • Treating Accept-Ranges as an authorization or integrity signal.

IANA registry: http-fields/field-names

Registry reference: RFC 9110, Section 14.3: HTTP Semantics

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