Simon Willison’s Weblog

8th June 2022

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TIL Making HTTP calls using IPv6 — Tiny TIL today: I learned how to make an HTTP call to an IPv6 address. The trick is to enclose the address in the URL in square braces:

Posted 8th June 2022 at 10:58 pm

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