Headers

HTTPClient provides functions for inspecting headers and manually passing headers to HTTP servers.

Connect to a HTTP server whose headers you wish to inspect.

URLFetch["www.wolfram.com", "Headers"]

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Occasionally, it might be useful to manually pass headers to an HTTP server. This can be done using the option.

url = "http://exampledata.wolfram.com/headers.php";
URLFetch[url, "Headers"->{"My-Header1"->"value1", "My-Header2"->"value2"}]

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You can also override headers sent by HTTPClient. Here the default headers sent to the server are examined.

url = "http://exampledata.wolfram.com/headers.php";
URLFetch[url]

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The headers can be overridden manually.

url = "http://exampledata.wolfram.com/headers.php";
URLFetch[url, "Headers"->{"User-Agent"->"New Header Value"}]

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