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What information is transmitted in the HTTP request headers?

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In HTTP request headers, there is auxiliary information that helps the server understand how to process the request. This can include:

  • Protocol type and version (e.g., HTTP/1.1)
  • Client information (User-Agent)
  • Content type being sent or expected (Content-Type, Accept)
  • Authentication data (Authorization)
  • Cookies (Cookie)
  • Session and caching information (Cache-Control, If-Modified-Since)
  • Preferred language (Accept-Language)

Example headers:

GET /index.html HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0
Accept: text/html
Authorization: Bearer token123