Tcl

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

Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

# 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

set responseBody [CkHttp_quickGetStr $http "https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt"]
# Examine the request header we just sent..
puts [CkHttp_lastHeader $http]
puts "----"

# Remove the default headers:
CkHttp_RemoveRequestHeader $http "Accept"
CkHttp_RemoveRequestHeader $http "Accept-Encoding"

# Send a request with the following header:

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

set responseBody [CkHttp_quickGetStr $http "https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt"]
puts [CkHttp_lastHeader $http]

delete_CkHttp $http