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Link

Serialized <link> relationships as an HTTP header.

What is Link?

Encodes typed relationships to other resources in header form — most commonly `preload` for early resource hints, or `next` / `prev` for pagination.

Typical usage

Set for HTTP/2 server push (deprecated), preload hints, and REST API pagination.

Examples

Preload a font

Link: </fonts/x.woff2>; rel=preload; as=font; type=font/woff2; crossorigin

Pagination

Link: <?page=3>; rel="next", <?page=1>; rel="prev"

Specification

RFC 8288

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