Perl Requires Chilkat v11.2.0+

Replace or Remove Default HTTP Headers

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Shows how to replace or remove default HTTP headers.

Also see: Chilkat Http Default and Auto-Filled Headers

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $success = 0;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

my $http = Chilkat2::Http->new;

# The following request will be sent.
# The Accept and Accept-Encoding headers are default headers added by Chilkat.

# GET /helloWorld.txt HTTP/1.1
# Host: chilkatsoft.com
# Accept: */*
# Accept-Encoding: gzip

my $responseBody = $http->QuickGetStr('https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt');
# Examine the request header we just sent..
print $http->LastHeader, "\n";
print "----\n";

# Remove the default headers:
$http->RemoveRequestHeader('Accept');
$http->RemoveRequestHeader('Accept-Encoding');

# Send a request with the following header:

# GET /helloWorld.txt HTTP/1.1
# Host: chilkatsoft.com

$responseBody = $http->QuickGetStr('https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt');
print $http->LastHeader, "\n";