* In addition to this it can also contain the URI to which the request will be sent and the body of the HTTP method.
* If the URI is not given with the parameter {{Code|$href}}, its value in {{Code|$request}} is used instead.
* The request contents can also be supplied via the {{$Code|bodies}} parameter.
The structure of {{Code|http:request}} element follows the [http://expath.org/spec/http-client EXPath] specification. Both basic and digest authentication is supported.