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Method

Xojo.Net.HTTPSocket.RequestHeader(name As Text) As Text

Supported for all project types and targets.

Gets the request header with the key of name. The Name parameter's encoding is converted to ASCII. If the header does not exist in the request headers, an empty Text is returned. Raises a RuntimeException if the encoding could not be converted to ASCII.

Method

Xojo.Net.HTTPSocket.RequestHeader(name As Text, Assigns value As Text)

Supported for all project types and targets.

Sets the request header with the key of name. The Name parameter's encoding is converted to ASCII. If the header does not exist in the request headers, an empty Text is returned. Raises a RuntimeException if the encoding could not be converted to ASCII.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
name	The name of the key to get or set.
value	The value for the key.

Sample Code

Sets an API key as a token in the request header:

Self.RequestHeader("Authorization") = "MyAPIKey"
mySocket.Send("GET", "http://www.webservice.com/GetData")