[erlang-questions] Erlang HTTP Client always reformats header field names to lowercase

[Edward Wang]

Anish,

Try this:
    http:request(get,{"http://10.37.184.222:20080/",[{"Authorization",
"Basic  dGVqYXM6adcnZSMwNXQ="}]},[],[{headers_as_is, true}]).

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Anish Parameswaran <
anishparameswaran@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> I am new  to  Erlang .
>
> I use  the following code  to access  a web server . The web server
> doesn't  service
> requests if  the  HTTP header field names are  not in camel-case.
>
> That is,  the server rejects  if 'authorization' is given instead of '
> Authorization'  in
> HTTP header field.
>
> Code :
>     inets:start().
>     http:request(get,{"http://10.37.184.222:20080/",[{"Authorization",
> "Basic  dGVqYXM6adcnZSMwNXQ="}]},[],[]).
>
> *Erlang http module always sends  the  HTTP header field names  in
> lower-case*.
> This is true even if the  Headers are supplied as above in camel-case.
>
> Is this is a bug ?
> HTTP/1.1 and  HTTP/1.0  complaint servers are supposed to handle  header
> field names in a case-insensitive manner. So sending header field name in
> lower case is
> perfectly alright . But changing a   as-is supplied  header filed name to
> lower case makes   it  impossible to work with an  non-complaint web
> server.
>
> regards,
> Anish
>
>
>
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