HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is a request/response standard as is typical in client-server computing. The client is an application (e.g. web browser, spider etc) on the computer used by an end-user, the server is an application running on the computer hosting the web site. The client—which submits HTTP requests—is also referred to as the user agent. The responding server—which stores or creates resources such as HTML files and images—may be called the origin server.

From Babelway, it is possible to send HTTP requests to external servers and feed the response in a Babelway channel. HTTP connections can be secured with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer): HTTPs.