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HTTP header reference

Browse and search common HTTP request and response headers - description, example, and one-click copy.

Authentication

Authorizationrequest
WWW-Authenticateresponse
Proxy-Authorizationrequest

Content

Content-Typeboth
Content-Lengthboth
Content-Encodingboth
Content-Languageboth
Content-Dispositionresponse
Acceptrequest
Accept-Encodingrequest
Accept-Languagerequest
Transfer-Encodingresponse

Caching

Cache-Controlboth
ETagresponse
If-None-Matchrequest
If-Modified-Sincerequest
Last-Modifiedresponse
Varyresponse

CORS

Access-Control-Allow-Originresponse
Access-Control-Allow-Methodsresponse
Access-Control-Allow-Headersresponse
Access-Control-Allow-Credentialsresponse
Access-Control-Max-Ageresponse
Access-Control-Expose-Headersresponse
Originrequest

Security

Strict-Transport-Securityresponse
Content-Security-Policyresponse
X-Frame-Optionsresponse
X-Content-Type-Optionsresponse
Referrer-Policyresponse
Permissions-Policyresponse

Routing

Locationresponse
Hostrequest
Refererrequest
User-Agentrequest
Retry-Afterresponse
X-Forwarded-Forrequest

Custom

X-Request-IDboth