What headers does Dart's http package use by default when POST or GET requests made from a Flutter application? Does using a Client
make difference?
CodePudding user response:
I was curious this question myself, so I set up a little client-server example.
From a Simple dart file: I made a get request to my server (also written in Dart using shelf_plus(https://pub.dev/packages/shelf_plus) Highly recommend)
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
void main() async {
Uri url = Uri.parse('http://localhost:1000/.well-known/version');
http.Response response = await http.get(url);
print('Response status: ${response.statusCode}');
print('Response body: ${response.body}');
}
From the Server I logged the headers to my console and here was the response for the [GET] Request:
{
user-agent: Dart/2.16 (dart:io),
accept: application/json,
accept-encoding: gzip,
host: localhost:1000
}
Next, I made a simple POST request:
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
void main() async {
Uri url = Uri.parse('http://localhost:1000/.well-known/version');
http.Response response = await http.post(url, body: {'hello': 'world'});
print('Response status: ${response.statusCode}');
print('Response body: ${response.body}');
}
Heres the headers on the server for the [POST] request:
{
user-agent: Dart/2.16 (dart:io),
content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8,
accept-encoding: gzip,
content-length: 11,
host: localhost:1000
}
Hope this helps:)
Happy Coding
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