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Re:Claude Advanced Tool Use by eli on Monday November 24, 2025 @05:17PM (#46040052)
An HTTP Range request asks the server to send parts of a resource back to a client. Range requests are useful for various clients, including media players that support random access, data tools that require only part of a large file, and download managers that let users pause and resume a download.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Ran...

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Re:Claude Advanced Tool Use by 867-5309 on Monday November 24, 2025 @06:00PM (#46040421)
also handy for bypassing bandwidth restrictions: capped at 100kbps? launch 1000 workers to grab chunks then assemble the survivors
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Re:Claude Advanced Tool Use by fragmede on Monday November 24, 2025 @06:44PM (#46040761)
that's what axel downloader does!
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Re:Claude Advanced Tool Use by johnfn on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:48PM (#46041857)
HTTP Range doesn't have anything to do with allowing a client to select a subset of fields.
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Re:Claude Advanced Tool Use by eli on Monday November 24, 2025 @10:40PM (#46042131)
The Range header isn't for requesting a subset of a resource from the server?
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Re:Claude Advanced Tool Use by johnfn on Monday November 24, 2025 @11:53PM (#46042462)
Let's say your REST endpoint returned an object with keys foo, bar, baz and quuz. How would you use HTTP Range to only select foo and baz?
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