What exactly is an HTTP Entity?

Question

Would someone please describe to me what exactly an HTTP entity is?

I am reading the HTTPClient documentation, but I do not really understand what t

Answer 1

HTTP is a Protocol which is observed when accessing information from a remote machine through a network. Usually the network is internet and the remote machine is a server.

When you ask for information from person A to person B, you give him a message. (Request). Person B replies to you (Response). Request and Response are HTTP Message Types.

Person A can ask Person B to do something, instead of asking for information. Say, Person A wants Person B to store a file in a secure location. So, Person A passes that file(HTTP Entity) to Person B and ask him to do something(HTTP Message). In this case, Person is passing an "Entity". In the context of HTTP Entity, it is a payload attached with the message.

Hope the analogy helped.