Content-Length
The Content-Length
header indicates the size of the message body, in bytes, sent to the recipient.
Header type | Request header, Response header, Payload header |
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Forbidden header name | yes |
CORS-safelisted response header | yes |
Syntax
http
Content-Length: <length>
Directives
- <length>
-
The length in decimal number of octets.
Specifications
Specification |
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HTTP Semantics # field.content-length |
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