Setting up an AutoHeader
An autoheader attempts to determine the
Content-Type. Some additional automatic headers are available in the palette.
Prerequisites: The httpClient palette is open.
The driver populates our test service (which echoes back the request content) from our 
Data slot, and automatically populates the Content-Length and Content-Type:Perform the following steps:
- Notice that the
Content-LengthandContent-Typeheaders are automatically populated.In another example,Content-Typedefaults to text/plain. An AutoHeader component makes this possible. In this case, theContent-Typeauto header is underneath theRequest Body.
This component attempts to determine the
Content-Type. For example, if theDataslot is changed to: { “message”: ”this is JSON” }, the auto header calculates the newContent-Typeas ‘application/json’.
- To override this behaviour, enter your own value into
User Content Typeslot
- Locate the additional AutoHeaders in the palette.
- To apply each AutoHeader, drag the required component from the palette into the Headers folder:
