Headers: append() method
The append()
method of the Headers
interface appends a new value onto an existing header inside a Headers
object, or adds the header if it does not already exist.
The difference between set()
and append()
is
that if the specified header already exists and accepts multiple values,
set()
will overwrite the existing value with the new one, whereas
append()
will append the new value onto the end of the set of values.
For security reasons, some headers can only be controlled by the user agent. These headers include the forbidden header names and forbidden response header names.
Syntax
js
append(name, value)
Parameters
name
-
The name of the HTTP header you want to add to the
Headers
object. value
-
The value of the HTTP header you want to add.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
Creating an empty Headers
object is simple:
js
const myHeaders = new Headers(); // Currently empty
You could add a header to this using append()
:
js
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "image/jpeg");
myHeaders.get("Content-Type"); // Returns 'image/jpeg'
If the specified header already exists, append()
will change its value to
the specified value. If the specified header already exists and accepts multiple values,
append()
will append the new value to the end of the value set:
js
myHeaders.append("Accept-Encoding", "deflate");
myHeaders.append("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
myHeaders.get("Accept-Encoding"); // Returns 'deflate, gzip'
To overwrite the old value with a new one, use Headers.set
.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Fetch Standard # ref-for-dom-headers-append① |
Browser compatibility
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