HTTP/2 Server Push: Difference between revisions

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'''HTTP/2 Server Push''' allows an [[HTTP/2]]-compliant server to send resources to a HTTP/2-compliant client before the client requests them. It is, for the most part, a performance technique that can be helpful in loading resources pre-emptively.

HTTP/2 Server Push<ref>{{cite IETF |title=Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2) |rfc=7540 |section=8.2 |sectinname=Server Push |page=60 |yeardate=May 2015 |month=May |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |accessdate=May 6th, 2015 }}</ref> is not a notification mechanism from server to client. Instead, pushed resources are used by the client when it may have otherwise produced a request to get the resource anyway; this can result in wasted bandwidth if said pushed resources go unused by the client, however.

== Basic concept ==