101

Switching Protocols

Description

The requester has asked the server to switch protocols and the server has agreed to do so. The server will switch to the protocol specified in the Upgrade header field immediately after the empty line which terminates the 101 response.

HTTP Status Codes Details

Status Code
101
Status Name
Switching Protocols
Class
1xx
Common Usage
No

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