HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol. One of the namespace access protocols supported by HCP. In the context of namespace access, the HTTP protocol is also called the REST API.
HCP also uses HTTP for:
oClient communication with the System Management Console, Tenant Management Console, and Search Console
oClient access through the HCP management API
oHCP Data Migrator (HCP-DM) access to namespace content
oHCP Search Console communication with Console clients
oAccess to namespace content through the metadata query API.