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11.6.2 HTTPResponse Objects
<tt class=
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Reads and returns the response body, or up to the next
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Get the contents of the header
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A
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HTTP protocol version used by server.
10 for HTTP/
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Status code returned by server.
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Reason phrase returned by server.
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