Network.HTTP.Headers

HasHeaders is a type class for types containing HTTP headers, allowing you to write overloaded header manipulation functions for both Request and Response data types, for instance.

The Header data type pairs header names & values.

Header constructor as a function, hiding above rep.

HTTP HeaderName type, a Haskell data constructor for each specification-defined header, prefixed with Hdr and CamelCased, (i.e., eliding the - in the process.) Should you require using a custom header, there's the HdrCustom constructor which takes a String argument.

Encoding HTTP header names differently, as Strings perhaps, is an equally fine choice..no decidedly clear winner, but let's stick with data constructors here.

insertHeader hdr val x inserts a header with the given header name and value. Does not check for existing headers with same name, allowing duplicates to be introduce (use replaceHeader if you want to avoid this.)

insertHeaderIfMissing hdr val x adds the new header only if no previous header with name hdr exists in x.

insertHeaders hdrs x appends multiple headers to x's existing set.

retrieveHeaders hdrNm x gets a list of headers with HeaderName hdrNm.

replaceHeader hdr val o replaces the header hdr with the value val, dropping any existing

findHeader hdrNm x looks up hdrNm in x, returning the first header that matches, if any.

lookupHeader hdr hdrs locates the first header matching hdr in the list hdrs.

parseHeader headerNameAndValueString tries to unscramble a header: value pairing and returning it as a Header.

parseHeaders hdrs takes a sequence of strings holding header information and parses them into a set of headers (preserving their order in the input argument.) Handles header values split up over multiple lines.

headerMap is a straight assoc list for translating between header names and values.