7.3.4.5 Response Headers

HTTP Header: List accept-ranges

A list of range units that the server supports, as symbols.

(parse-header 'accept-ranges "bytes")
⇒ (bytes)

HTTP Header: UInt age

The age of a cached response, in seconds.

(parse-header 'age "3600")
⇒ 3600

HTTP Header: ETag etag

The entity-tag of the resource.

(parse-header 'etag "\"foo\"")
⇒ ("foo" . #t)

HTTP Header: URI location

A URI on which a request may be completed. Used in combination with a redirecting status code to perform client-side redirection.

(parse-header 'location "http://example.com/other")
⇒ #<uri ...>

HTTP Header: List proxy-authenticate

A list of challenges to a proxy, indicating the need for authentication.

(parse-header 'proxy-authenticate "Basic realm=\"foo\"")
⇒ ((basic (realm . "foo")))

HTTP Header: UInt|Date retry-after

Used in combination with a server-busy status code, like 503, to indicate that a client should retry later. Either a number of seconds, or a date.

(parse-header 'retry-after "60")
⇒ 60

HTTP Header: String server

A string identifying the server.

(parse-header 'server "My first web server")
⇒ "My first web server"

HTTP Header: *|List vary

A set of request headers that were used in computing this response. Used to indicate that server-side content negotiation was performed, for example in response to the accept-language header. Can also be the symbol *, indicating that all headers were considered.

(parse-header 'vary "Accept-Language, Accept")
⇒ (accept-language accept)

HTTP Header: List www-authenticate

A list of challenges to a user, indicating the need for authentication.

(parse-header 'www-authenticate "Basic realm=\"foo\"")
⇒ ((basic (realm . "foo")))

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