HTTP Headers Reference

Look up any HTTP request or response header to see its purpose, direction, example values, and whether it is standard or deprecated.

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34 of 34 headers

AcceptRequestStandard

Media types the client can understand, used for content negotiation.

Accept: text/html, application/json;q=0.9

Accept-EncodingRequestStandard

Content encodings (compression) the client accepts.

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br

Accept-LanguageRequestStandard

Natural languages the client prefers.

Accept-Language: en-US, en;q=0.5

AuthorizationRequestStandard

Credentials to authenticate the user agent with the server.

Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOi...

Cache-ControlRequest & ResponseStandard

Directives for caching in both requests and responses.

Cache-Control: no-cache, max-age=0

Content-TypeRequest & ResponseStandard

The media type of the resource or request body.

Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

Content-LengthRequest & ResponseStandard

Size of the message body, in bytes.

Content-Length: 348

Content-EncodingResponseStandard

Compression applied to the response body.

Content-Encoding: gzip

CookieRequestStandard

Stored cookies previously sent by the server via Set-Cookie.

Cookie: session=abc123; theme=dark

Set-CookieResponseStandard

Sends a cookie from the server to the user agent.

Set-Cookie: session=abc123; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=Lax

ETagResponseStandard

An identifier for a specific version of a resource, used for caching.

ETag: "33a64df551425fcc55e"

If-None-MatchRequestStandard

Makes the request conditional; server responds 304 if ETag matches.

If-None-Match: "33a64df551425fcc55e"

If-Modified-SinceRequestStandard

Conditional request based on the resource modification time.

If-Modified-Since: Wed, 21 Oct 2025 07:28:00 GMT

Last-ModifiedResponseStandard

The date and time the resource was last changed.

Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Oct 2025 07:28:00 GMT

HostRequestStandard

Domain name and optional port of the target server. Required in HTTP/1.1.

Host: example.com

User-AgentRequestStandard

Identifies the client software making the request.

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7)

RefererRequestStandard

The address of the page that linked to the requested resource.

Referer: https://example.com/page

OriginRequestStandard

Indicates the origin that caused the request, used in CORS.

Origin: https://example.com

LocationResponseStandard

URL to redirect to, used with 3xx and 201 responses.

Location: https://example.com/new-path

Access-Control-Allow-OriginResponseStandard

Specifies which origins may access the resource (CORS).

Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *

Access-Control-Allow-MethodsResponseStandard

Methods allowed when accessing the resource in a CORS preflight.

Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, PUT

Content-Security-PolicyResponseStandard

Controls resources the user agent is allowed to load, mitigating XSS.

Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'

Strict-Transport-SecurityResponseStandard

Forces browsers to use HTTPS for future requests (HSTS).

Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains

X-Content-Type-OptionsResponseStandard

Prevents MIME-type sniffing when set to nosniff.

X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

X-Frame-OptionsResponseStandard

Controls whether the page can be embedded in a frame (clickjacking defense).

X-Frame-Options: DENY

WWW-AuthenticateResponseStandard

Defines the authentication method to access a resource (with 401).

WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Access"

ConnectionRequest & ResponseStandard

Controls whether the network connection stays open after the transaction.

Connection: keep-alive

Transfer-EncodingResponseStandard

Form of encoding used to transfer the body, e.g. chunked.

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

RangeRequestStandard

Requests only part of a resource (byte ranges).

Range: bytes=0-1023

Retry-AfterResponseStandard

How long to wait before making a follow-up request (with 429/503).

Retry-After: 120

VaryResponseStandard

Lists request headers that affect cache key selection.

Vary: Accept-Encoding, User-Agent

DNTRequestDeprecated

Legacy "Do Not Track" preference. Deprecated and largely ignored.

DNT: 1

PragmaRequestDeprecated

HTTP/1.0 caching directive, superseded by Cache-Control.

Pragma: no-cache

X-XSS-ProtectionResponseDeprecated

Legacy XSS filter control. Deprecated; use Content-Security-Policy instead.

X-XSS-Protection: 0

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