Is HTTPS Stateful or Stateless?

Question

I want a bit of clarity on whether HTTPS is stateful or stateless? This is with regards to a RESTful API I built. We were initially using HTTP. Since HTTP essentially works

Answer 1

HTTPS is HTTP over a secure connection.

HTTP is a higher level than a connection.

When connecting to a web server, your connection is (maybe always?) of type TCP/IP. So, in case you are visiting a website via HTTPS, your TCP/IP connection is encrypted.

The data the server and/or client send has not been encrypted by the server and/or client. It is just sent, as it is usually via HTTP, but this time using a connection via TCP/IP that is secured via encryption.

If data were vehicles, and the connexion the highway, then: - using HTTP would be like the vehicles going on the highway, and everyone can see them; - using HTTPS would be like the same, but the vehicles go through a tunnel or anything that prevents people not on the highway from seeing them. You can determine there is trafic, but you cannot identify the vehicles, except on both ends of the tunnel.

I believe this is an image close to what happens behind the scene. But I'm no expert. I just hope it helps.