What Is the HTTP2 Protocol? Overview and Examples

Here is how to check. 1. Open your website in the Google Chrome browser. 2. Open the Chrome developer tools and click on the “network” tab.

If a blue lightning bolt appears when a page is loaded, the webpage was served using HTTP/2. 4. A red lightning bolt indicates that the webpage was served using ...

First, visit your site in Chrome over HTTPS. There you'll see your site listed with protocol h2, confirming your site works over HTTP/2.

Testing HTTP/2 API Performance · Monitoring Resource Usage: Keep an eye on the resource usage of your API, including CPU and memory consumption.

Another method is simply to look at the network tab > headers > response headers > view source in Chrome or Firefox.

You can just check it in: Chrome Dev Tool ( F12 ) → Network → Protocol. It will tell you the protocol used and the domain of each transfer.

Both HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/1.0 use compatible request formats. After the first request, the server's response will indicate the version it supports.

How to test HTTP/2 via command line? Get the latest curl release and use this command: curl --http2 .

The easiest method of checking for HTTP/2 support is by using the free “HTTP/2 and SPDY Indicator” extension for your Firefox/Chrome web browser.

Open the browser's developer tools (F12). Navigate to the Network tab, reload the page, and check the protocol column to confirm it shows “h2.”.