HTTP Headers

HTTP Request Headers

The Intelligent Advisor REST API supports the following HTTP headers that may be passed in the header section of an HTTP request.

Request Header	Description	Example
Accept	List of acceptable media types for a response.	Accept: application/json, application/zip, text/csv
Content-Type	Media type of the body of the request. Required for POST, PUT, and PATCH requests.	Content-Type: application/json
If-Match, If-None-Match	A conditional request; dependent on whether the supplied ETag value is matched, or not matched.	If-None-Match: "...etag value..."
Origin	The origin domain of the page requesting the resource. Part of the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism.	Origin: http://example.com

HTTP Response Headers

The Intelligent Advisor REST API supports the following HTTP headers that may be passed in the header section of an HTTP response.

Response Header	Description	Example
Access-Control-Allow-Headers	The non-simple HTTP headers allowed for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requests to this resource.	Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Content-Type, Authorization
Access-Control-Allow-Methods	The HTTP methods allowed for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requests to this resource.	Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, PATCH
Access-Control-Allow-Origin	The origin domain allowed for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) requests.	Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://example.com
Allow	In response to an OPTIONS request, specify which HTTP methods are allowed by this resource.	Allow: GET, POST, PATCH, OPTIONS
Cache-Control	Indicates how to cache this response, in conjunction with other cache-related headers, such as ETag and Last-Modified.	Cache-Control: private
Content-Length	The calculated content length of the response.	Content-Length: 338
Content-Type	Media type of the body of the response. Not supplied for responses where a content body is not supplied.	Content-Type: application/json
ETag	A fingerprint value, indicating the uniqueness of the given response. Supports caching and conditional-GET requests.	ETag: "...fingerprint value..."
Last-Modified	Indicate the time the resource was last modified.	Last-Modified: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 05:37:27 GMT
Vary	Indicates which HTTP headers affect the cacheability of the response. A cache will know to check the specified headers when determining the uniqueness of a cache value.	Vary: Accept, Origin