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 successful, and NULL of no matching request header from the client could be found.

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