Common Request Headers¶
Table 1 describes headers common to OBS REST requests.
Header | Description | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
Authorization | Indicates the authentication information carried in a request. Type: String Default: None | Conditional: optional for anonymous requests and mandatory for other requests |
Content-Length | Indicates the length of request content (excluding headers) defined by RFC 2616. Type: String Default: None | Conditional: mandatory for PUT requests and requests that load XML content |
Content-Type | Indicates the content type of a requested resource, for example, text/plain. Type: String Default: None | Optional |
Date | Indicates the date and time at which a request is initiated. Type: String Default: None | Conditional: optional for anonymous requests or requests containing optional header x-amz-date |
Host | Indicates a host address. For example, bucketname.obs.example.com. Type: String Default: None | Mandatory |
x-amz-security-token | Header field used to identify the request of a federated user. When the federal authentication function is enabled, users sending such requests are identified as federated users. Type: string | Optional. This parameter must be carried in the request sent by federated users. |