Payload body

In HTTP messages, the payload body or payload was the resource representation transferred in a message body, stripped of any transfer encoding. With no transfer encoding, the payload body and message body are identical. Representation data could also be transferred in HTTP headers, but such data would not be considered a "payload".

Since {{RFC("9110")}}, the word content replaces the word payload. See HTTP content.

See also

• {{Glossary("Content header")}}
• RFC 9110, section 6.4: Content (obsoletes RFC 7231 Payload Semantics)
  • Changes from RFC 7231