# HTTP Body

An HTTP body is as the name implies the body of an [HTTP](/glossary/h/http) request or response message, containing the bulk of the content of the message.

The body may consist of:
* Request line contining the [HTTP](/glossary/h/http_method) and target (`GET /logo.gif HTTP/1.1`
* Response status line, such as (HTTP/1.1 200 OK`)
* Additional [HTTP Headers](/glossary/h/http_header)
* An empty line
* Optional data in different types (plain text, JSON, XML, form data, or multipart files and so on)