Client–Server Model

"The request-response architecture."

Real_World_Analogy

A customer (client) ordering coffee from a barista (server).

Tradeoffs_&_Constraints

Abstraction layers improve maintenance but can increase latency.
Over-generic schemas create complexity for simple clients.

INTERACTIVE_TRACE

NODE_FLOW_0x1

CLIENT_NODE

SERVER_GATEWAY

PERSISTENCE_LAYER

Response_Manifest

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
X-Request-ID: 0x7F2A

{
  "status": "success",
  "topic": "Client–Server Model",
  "protocol": "API_V1"
}

Request_Specimen

GET /api/v1/resources/client-server HTTP/1.1 Host: cscosmos.api Authorization: Bearer <JWT_TOKEN> Accept: application/json