How to add custom data in http header

Question

I want to add some custom data in http header and send it to another web application so I can access that data. How can I do that, please help.

Ronan Quillevere · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-05 11:50:05Z

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Have a look to this article

// adds "X-Hello: World" header to the request
httpChannel.setRequestHeader("X-Hello", "World", false);

answered Apr 5, 2013 at 11:50

Ronan Quillevere

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As far as I can see this code only works in a firefox extension.

Santosh · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-05 11:53:11Z

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Easiest way to do is use java.net.HttpURLConnection.addRequestProperty() method. E.g

httpURLConnection.addRequestProperty("User-Agent", 
    "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)");

Check documentation for more details.

answered Apr 5, 2013 at 11:53

Santosh

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