HTTP headers
Request and response objects are used by REST APIs to send information between application. These objects contain HTTP headers. An HTTP header is a name/value pair included with a request or response object that provides metadata about the request or response. An HTTP header can specify information such as:
- The format used in the request object (such as whether it is JSON or XML)
- The format to use in the response object
- Session and connection information
- Authorization information
Overview of Cloud API headers
Cloud API supports standard HTTP headers, such as
Authorization
and Content-Type
.
Cloud API also supports the following Guidewire-proprietary headers and Guidewire-proprietary values for standard headers. Every Guidewire-proprietary header is optional.
Send a request with a Cloud API header using Postman
About this task
Procedure
- In Postman, start a new request by clicking the + to the right of the Launchpad tab.
- Specify authorization as appropriate.
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Add the header and header value.
- In the first row of tabs (the one that starts with Params), click Headers.
- Scroll to the bottom of the existing key/value list.
- In the blank row at the bottom of the key/value list, enter the header name in KEY column and its value in the VALUE column.
- Enter the request operation and URL.
- Click Send.