HTTP header field name
ID http_header_name
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Name of a field in the header of an HTTP request or response, such as Host or Content-Type. RFC 9110 defines it as a token of letters, digits and the characters !
- Categories
- Internet
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^[A-Za-z0-9!#$%&'*+.^_`|~-]+$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | Target host of the request |
| Content-Type | Media type of the content |
| user-agent | Lowercase form |
| Content-Type: text/html invalid | A whole header line with the value |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Имя заголовка HTTP |
Sources
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/http_header_name - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/internet/http_header_name.yamlon GitHub