Secure Connect Gateway REST API Guide

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Request headers

The request header represents headers in the client HTTPS request that are used to communicate client preferences to the service end point. The service indicates the supported preference in the response header. The following table includes a few examples of request headers. For an extensive list of request headers, see List of HTTP header fields.

Table 1. Request headersThe following table includes a few examples of request headers.
Request header	Description	Example
Accept	Format of the data requested by the client. It could be one or more comma-separated values.	Accept: application/json
Authorization	The bearer token is a cryptic string, generated by the server in response to a login request. The client must send this token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.	Authorization: Bearer
Content-type	The Content-type header field is used to specify the nature of the data in the body of an entity.	Content-type: application/json