The append()
method of the Headers
interface appends a new value onto an existing header inside a Headers
object, or adds the header if it does not already exist.
The difference between set()
and append()
is that if the specified header already exists and accepts multiple values, set()
will overwrite the existing value with the new one, whereas append()
will append the new value onto the end of the set of values.
For security reasons, some headers can only be controlled by the user agent. These headers include the forbidden header names and forbidden response header names.
Creating an empty Headers
object is simple:
const myHeaders = new Headers();
You could add a header to this using append()
:
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "image/jpeg");
myHeaders.get("Content-Type");
If the specified header already exists, append()
will change its value to the specified value. If the specified header already exists and accepts multiple values, append()
will append the new value to the end of the value set:
myHeaders.append("Accept-Encoding", "deflate");
myHeaders.append("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
myHeaders.get("Accept-Encoding");
To overwrite the old value with a new one, use Headers.set
.