📋 HTTP Headers with RapidTest

Introduction to HTTP headers, learn when and how to use the most important ones in your API. ⚡

📖 Overview

HTTP headers provide essential metadata about requests and responses, headers exist for authentication, content negotiation, and more.

1. 🔐 Authorization Header

🎯 Purpose

• Authenticate and authorize API requests.

💡 When to Use

• Protected endpoints
• User authentication

📝 Examples

Bearer Token

from rapidtest import HTTPTest

# Test with Bearer token
test = HTTPTest(url="http://localhost:8000")
test.get(
    path="/protected-endpoint",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOi..."}
)

2. 📄 Content-Type Header

🎯 Purpose

• Specify the format of request/response body.

💡 When to Use

• Sending JSON data
• Form submissions
• File uploads

📝 Examples

JSON Data

# Sending JSON data
data = {"name": "John", "email": "john@example.com"}
test.post(
    path="/users",
    json=data,  # RapidTest automatically sets Content-Type: application/json
    headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}
)

3. 🍪 Cookie Headers

🎯 Purpose

• Manage session state and user preferences.

💡 When to Use

• Session management
• User preferences
• Authentication tokens

📝 Examples

Sending Cookies

# Test with session cookie
test.get(
    path="/dashboard",
    headers={
        "Cookie": "session_id=abc123; user_pref=dark_mode"
    }
)

🧪 Testing Headers with RapidTest

RapidTest makes testing HTTP headers incredibly simple with its intuitive syntax. You can easily verify both request headers and response headers. ✨

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