TE
The TE
request header specifies the transfer encodings
the user agent is willing to accept. (you could informally call it
Accept-Transfer-Encoding
, which would be more intuitive).
See also the Transfer-Encoding
response header for more details on
transfer encodings. Note that chunked
is always acceptable for HTTP/1.1
recipients and you don't have to specify "chunked"
using the
TE
header. However, it is useful for setting if the client is accepting
trailer fields in a chunked transfer coding using the "trailers" value.
Header type | Request header |
---|---|
Forbidden header name | yes |
Syntax
http
TE: compress
TE: deflate
TE: gzip
TE: trailers
// Multiple directives, weighted with the quality value syntax:
TE: trailers, deflate;q=0.5
Directives
compress
-
A format using the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) algorithm is accepted as a transfer coding name.
deflate
-
Using the zlib structure is accepted as a transfer coding name.
gzip
-
A format using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77), with a 32-bit CRC is accepted as a transfer coding name.
trailers
-
Indicates that the client is willing to accept trailer fields in a chunked transfer coding.
q
-
When multiple transfer codings are acceptable, the
q
parameter of the quality value syntax can rank codings by preference.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTTP Semantics # field.te |
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