Civetweb API Reference
mg_get_header( conn, name );
Parameters
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
conn |
struct mg_connection * |
A pointer referencing the connection |
name |
const char * |
The name of the request header |
Return Value
Type |
Description |
const char * |
A pointer to the value of the request header, or NULL of no matching header count be found |
Description
HTTP and HTTPS clients can send request headers to the server to provide details about
the communication. These request headers can for example specify the preferred language
in which the server should respond and the supported compression algorithms. The
function mg_get_header()
can be called to return the contents of a specific request
header. The function will return a pointer to the value text of the header when succesful,
and NULL of no matching request header from the client could be found.
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