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Add Additional Headers to HTTP Requests

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Shows how to add a additional HTTP headers to HTTP requests.

Also see: Chilkat Http Default and Auto-Filled Headers

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Add a few request headers to be sent with all requests.
$http->SetRequestHeader("X-CSRF-Token","Fetch");
$http->SetRequestHeader("X-Example","123ABC");

# The following request will be sent:

# GET /helloWorld.txt HTTP/1.1
# Host: chilkatsoft.com
# Accept: */*
# Accept-Encoding: gzip
# X-CSRF-Token: Fetch
# X-Example: 123ABC

# Send an HTTP GET request and return the response body.
$responseBody = $http->quickGetStr("https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt");
print $responseBody . "\r\n";