A response body is the structured data you get back when you make a request to a service or system.

This term is commonly used with making API [→] requests.

Response bodies can take different forms and structure. For example, for response bodies when making an API request, you will typically get back structured data in a data interchange format like JSON [→] or XML. This response data can further be converted to a data structure native to your programming language for further processing.

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