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Add a Request Header to a REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.AddHeader, which adds an HTTP request header field. The 1st argument is the field name and the 2nd is the value. Adding a header whose name already exists replaces the previous value.

Background. Request headers configured with AddHeader are applied to subsequent requests sent through the object, such as Accept, Content-Type, or custom application headers.

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<?php

$success = 0;

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

//  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use 1 for HTTPS on port 443),
//  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
$bTls = 1;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('example.com',443,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Add request header fields.  The 1st argument is the field name and the 2nd is the value.
//  Adding a header with a name that already exists replaces the previous value.
$rest->AddHeader('Accept','application/json');
$rest->AddHeader('X-Custom-Header','example-value');

$responseText = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('GET','/api/data');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseText . "\n";

?>