Library: HTTP support (OMHTTP) Include: omhttp.xin

Declaration

define function HttpObjectSetHeader
               modifiable  stream   HttpObject
   for         value       string   HeaderName
   to          value       string   HeaderValue
   append      value       switch   AppendMode  optional initial {true}

Argument definitions

HttpObject

is an HTTP request or HTTP response object (input argument).

HeaderName

is the name of the header (input argument).

HeaderValue

is the value to assign to the header (input argument).

AppendMode

is an optional argument that specifies whether the value should be appended to any existing value. Header values are appended by default (input argument).

Use HttpObjectSetHeader to set a named header value in an HTTP request or response object.

Requirements

You must include the following line at the beginning of your OmniMark program:

  include "omhttp.xin"

Usage Notes

HttpObjectSetHeader can be called from either a client or a server program.

Example

Set a request and a response header and then retrieve them.

  ; HttpObjectSetHeader
  include "omhttp.xin"
  
  process
  
     local HttpRequest my-Request
     local HttpResponse my-Response
  
     local stream request-Headers variable
     local stream response-Headers variable
  
     HttpObjectSetHeader my-Request for "User-Agent" to "omHTTP"
     HttpObjectSetHeader my-Response for "Accept" to "*/*"
  
     HttpObjectGetHeaders my-Request into request-Headers
     HttpObjectGetHeaders my-Response into response-Headers
  
     output "Request headers:%n"
     repeat over request-Headers
        output key of request-Headers || "=%g(request-Headers)%n"
     again
     output "Response headers:%n"
     repeat over response-Headers
        output key of response-Headers || "=%g(response-Headers)%n"
     again

Related Syntax    HttpObjectGetHeaders

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