The Accept-Ranges response HTTP header is a marker used by the server to advertise its support of partial requests. The value of this field indicates the unit that can be used to define a range.
In presence of an Accept-Ranges header, the browser may try to resume an interrupted download, rather than to start it from the start again.
| Header type | Response header |
|---|---|
| Forbidden header name | no |
Syntax
Accept-Ranges: bytes Accept-Ranges: none
Directives
none- No range unit is supported, this makes the header equivalent of its own absence and is therefore rarely used, though some browsers, like IE9, it is used to disable or remove the pause buttons in the download manager.
bytes-
The unit for ranges are bytes.
Examples
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Specifications
| Specification | Title |
|---|---|
| RFC 7233, section 2.3: Accept-Ranges | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Range Requests |
Browser compatibility
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| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | Servo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accept-Ranges | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
| Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accept-Ranges | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |