Comment by eli
5 days ago
An HTTP Range request asks the server to send parts of a resource back to a client. Range requests are useful for various clients, including media players that support random access, data tools that require only part of a large file, and download managers that let users pause and resume a download.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Ran...
HTTP Range doesn't have anything to do with allowing a client to select a subset of fields.
The Range header isn't for requesting a subset of a resource from the server?
Let's say your REST endpoint returned an object with keys foo, bar, baz and quuz. How would you use HTTP Range to only select foo and baz?
also handy for bypassing bandwidth restrictions: capped at 100kbps? launch 1000 workers to grab chunks then assemble the survivors
that's what axel downloader does!