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requests</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Range_requests">HTTP range requests</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Content_negotiation">Content negotiation</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Connection_management_in_HTTP_1.x">Connection management in HTTP/1.x</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Evolution_of_HTTP">Evolution of HTTP</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Protocol_upgrade_mechanism">Protocol upgrade mechanism</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Proxy_servers_and_tunneling">Proxy servers and tunneling</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Client_hints">HTTP Client hints</a></li> <li class="toggle"> <details> <summary>Security and privacy</summary> <ol> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Practical_implementation_guides">Practical security implementation guides</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/observatory">HTTP Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Permissions_Policy">Permissions Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP">Content Security Policy (CSP)</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS">Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cross-Origin_Resource_Policy">Cross-Origin Resource Policy (CORP)</a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security">Strict-Transport-Security</a></li> </ol> </details> </li> <li class="section no-link">References</li> <li class="toggle"> <details> <summary>HTTP headers</summary> <ol><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept"><code>Accept</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-CH"><code>Accept-CH</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Encoding"><code>Accept-Encoding</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language"><code>Accept-Language</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Patch"><code>Accept-Patch</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Post"><code>Accept-Post</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Ranges"><code>Accept-Ranges</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Credentials</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Headers"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Headers</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Methods"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Methods</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Origin</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Expose-Headers"><code>Access-Control-Expose-Headers</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Max-Age"><code>Access-Control-Max-Age</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Headers"><code>Access-Control-Request-Headers</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Method"><code>Access-Control-Request-Method</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Age"><code>Age</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Allow"><code>Allow</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Alt-Svc"><code>Alt-Svc</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Alt-Used"><code>Alt-Used</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Attribution-Reporting-Eligible"><code>Attribution-Reporting-Eligible</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. 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Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization"><code>Authorization</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control"><code>Cache-Control</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Clear-Site-Data"><code>Clear-Site-Data</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Connection"><code>Connection</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Digest"><code>Content-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Disposition"><code>Content-Disposition</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-DPR"><code>Content-DPR</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. 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Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/ECT"><code>ECT</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/ETag"><code>ETag</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Expect"><code>Expect</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Expect-CT"><code>Expect-CT</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. 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Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/No-Vary-Search"><code>No-Vary-Search</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Observe-Browsing-Topics"><code>Observe-Browsing-Topics</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin"><code>Origin</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin-Agent-Cluster"><code>Origin-Agent-Cluster</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy"><code>Permissions-Policy</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Pragma"><code>Pragma</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Priority"><code>Priority</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Range"><code>Range</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referer"><code>Referer</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy"><code>Referrer-Policy</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Refresh"><code>Refresh</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Report-To"><code>Report-To</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Reporting-Endpoints"><code>Reporting-Endpoints</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Repr-Digest"><code>Repr-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Retry-After"><code>Retry-After</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/RTT"><code>RTT</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Save-Data"><code>Save-Data</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Browsing-Topics"><code>Sec-Browsing-Topics</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-Prefers-Color-Scheme"><code>Sec-CH-Prefers-Color-Scheme</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Motion"><code>Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Motion</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Transparency"><code>Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Transparency</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA"><code>Sec-CH-UA</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Arch"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Arch</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Bitness"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Bitness</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Mobile"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Mobile</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Model"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Model</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Platform"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Platform</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-Dest"><code>Sec-Fetch-Dest</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-Mode"><code>Sec-Fetch-Mode</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-Site"><code>Sec-Fetch-Site</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-User"><code>Sec-Fetch-User</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-GPC"><code>Sec-GPC</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Purpose"><code>Sec-Purpose</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Accept"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Accept</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Extensions"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Extensions</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Key"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Key</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Protocol"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Protocol</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Version"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Version</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Server"><code>Server</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Server-Timing"><code>Server-Timing</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload"><code>Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Cookie"><code>Set-Cookie</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Login"><code>Set-Login</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/SourceMap"><code>SourceMap</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Speculation-Rules"><code>Speculation-Rules</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security"><code>Strict-Transport-Security</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Supports-Loading-Mode"><code>Supports-Loading-Mode</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/TE"><code>TE</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Timing-Allow-Origin"><code>Timing-Allow-Origin</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Tk"><code>Tk</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Trailer"><code>Trailer</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Transfer-Encoding"><code>Transfer-Encoding</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Upgrade"><code>Upgrade</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Upgrade-Insecure-Requests"><code>Upgrade-Insecure-Requests</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent"><code>User-Agent</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Vary"><code>Vary</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Via"><code>Via</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Viewport-Width"><code>Viewport-Width</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Want-Content-Digest"><code>Want-Content-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Want-Repr-Digest"><code>Want-Repr-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Warning"><code>Warning</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Width"><code>Width</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options"><code>X-Content-Type-Options</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-DNS-Prefetch-Control"><code>X-DNS-Prefetch-Control</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-For"><code>X-Forwarded-For</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-Host"><code>X-Forwarded-Host</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-Proto"><code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options"><code>X-Frame-Options</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection"><code>X-XSS-Protection</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li></ol> </details> </li> <li class="toggle"> <details> <summary>HTTP request methods</summary> <ol><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/CONNECT"><code>CONNECT</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/DELETE"><code>DELETE</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET"><code>GET</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/HEAD"><code>HEAD</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/OPTIONS"><code>OPTIONS</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PATCH"><code>PATCH</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/POST"><code>POST</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PUT"><code>PUT</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/TRACE"><code>TRACE</code></a></li></ol> </details> </li> <li class="toggle"> <details> <summary>HTTP response status codes</summary> <ol><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/100"><code>100 Continue</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/101"><code>101 Switching Protocols</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/102"><code>102 Processing</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/103"><code>103 Early Hints</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/200"><code>200 OK</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/201"><code>201 Created</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/202"><code>202 Accepted</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/203"><code>203 Non-Authoritative Information</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/204"><code>204 No Content</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/205"><code>205 Reset Content</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/206"><code>206 Partial Content</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/207"><code>207 Multi-Status</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/208"><code>208 Already Reported</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/226"><code>226 IM Used</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/300"><code>300 Multiple Choices</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/301"><code>301 Moved Permanently</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/302"><code>302 Found</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/303"><code>303 See Other</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/304"><code>304 Not Modified</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/307"><code>307 Temporary Redirect</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/308"><code>308 Permanent Redirect</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/400"><code>400 Bad Request</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401"><code>401 Unauthorized</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/402"><code>402 Payment Required</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/403"><code>403 Forbidden</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404"><code>404 Not Found</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/405"><code>405 Method Not Allowed</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/406"><code>406 Not Acceptable</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407"><code>407 Proxy Authentication Required</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/408"><code>408 Request Timeout</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/409"><code>409 Conflict</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/410"><code>410 Gone</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/411"><code>411 Length Required</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/412"><code>412 Precondition Failed</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/413"><code>413 Content Too Large</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/414"><code>414 URI Too Long</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/415"><code>415 Unsupported Media Type</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/416"><code>416 Range Not Satisfiable</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/417"><code>417 Expectation Failed</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/418"><code>418 I'm a teapot</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/421"><code>421 Misdirected Request</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/422"><code>422 Unprocessable Content</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/423"><code>423 Locked</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/424"><code>424 Failed Dependency</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/425"><code>425 Too Early</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/426"><code>426 Upgrade Required</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/428"><code>428 Precondition Required</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/429"><code>429 Too Many Requests</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/431"><code>431 Request Header Fields Too Large</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/451"><code>451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500"><code>500 Internal Server Error</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/501"><code>501 Not Implemented</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/502"><code>502 Bad Gateway</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/503"><code>503 Service Unavailable</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/504"><code>504 Gateway Timeout</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/505"><code>505 HTTP Version Not Supported</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/506"><code>506 Variant Also Negotiates</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/507"><code>507 Insufficient Storage</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/508"><code>508 Loop Detected</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/510"><code>510 Not Extended</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/511"><code>511 Network Authentication Required</code></a></li></ol> </details> </li> <li class="toggle"> <details> <summary>CSP directives</summary> <ol><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/base-uri"><code>CSP: base-uri</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/block-all-mixed-content"><code>CSP: block-all-mixed-content</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/child-src"><code>CSP: child-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/connect-src"><code>CSP: connect-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/default-src"><code>CSP: default-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/fenced-frame-src"><code>CSP: fenced-frame-src</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/font-src"><code>CSP: font-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/form-action"><code>CSP: form-action</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/frame-ancestors"><code>CSP: frame-ancestors</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/frame-src"><code>CSP: frame-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/img-src"><code>CSP: img-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/manifest-src"><code>CSP: manifest-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/media-src"><code>CSP: media-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/object-src"><code>CSP: object-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/prefetch-src"><code>CSP: prefetch-src</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/report-to"><code>CSP: report-to</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/report-uri"><code>CSP: report-uri</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/require-trusted-types-for"><code>CSP: require-trusted-types-for</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/sandbox"><code>CSP: sandbox</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src"><code>CSP: script-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src-attr"><code>CSP: script-src-attr</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src-elem"><code>CSP: script-src-elem</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src"><code>CSP: style-src</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src-attr"><code>CSP: style-src-attr</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src-elem"><code>CSP: style-src-elem</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/trusted-types"><code>CSP: trusted-types</code></a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/upgrade-insecure-requests"><code>CSP: upgrade-insecure-requests</code></a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/worker-src"><code>CSP: worker-src</code></a></li></ol> </details> </li> <li class="toggle"> <details> <summary>CORS errors</summary> <ol><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSDisabled">Reason: CORS disabled</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSAllowOriginNotMatchingOrigin">Reason: CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' does not match 'xyz'</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMissingAllowOrigin">Reason: CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' missing</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSOriginHeaderNotAdded">Reason: CORS header 'Origin' cannot be added</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSPreflightDidNotSucceed">Reason: CORS preflight channel did not succeed</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSDidNotSucceed">Reason: CORS request did not succeed</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSExternalRedirectNotAllowed">Reason: CORS request external redirect not allowed</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSRequestNotHttp">Reason: CORS request not HTTP</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSNotSupportingCredentials">Reason: Credential is not supported if the CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' is '*'</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMethodNotFound">Reason: Did not find method in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods'</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMIssingAllowCredentials">Reason: expected 'true' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials'</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSInvalidAllowHeader">Reason: invalid token 'xyz' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers'</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSInvalidAllowMethod">Reason: invalid token 'xyz' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods'</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMissingAllowHeaderFromPreflight">Reason: missing token 'xyz' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' from CORS preflight channel</a></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMultipleAllowOriginNotAllowed">Reason: Multiple CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' not allowed</a></li></ol> </details> </li> <li class="toggle"> <details> <summary>Permissions-Policy directives</summary> <ol><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/accelerometer">Permissions-Policy: accelerometer</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/ambient-light-sensor">Permissions-Policy: ambient-light-sensor</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/attribution-reporting">Permissions-Policy: attribution-reporting</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/autoplay">Permissions-Policy: autoplay</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/bluetooth">Permissions-Policy: bluetooth</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/browsing-topics">Permissions-Policy: browsing-topics</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr><abbr class="icon icon-nonstandard" title="Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/camera">Permissions-Policy: camera</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/compute-pressure">Permissions-Policy: compute-pressure</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/display-capture">Permissions-Policy: display-capture</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/document-domain">Permissions-Policy: document-domain</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/encrypted-media">Permissions-Policy: encrypted-media</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/fullscreen">Permissions-Policy: fullscreen</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/gamepad">Permissions-Policy: gamepad</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/geolocation">Permissions-Policy: geolocation</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/gyroscope">Permissions-Policy: gyroscope</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/hid">Permissions-Policy: hid</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/identity-credentials-get">Permissions-Policy: identity-credentials-get</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/idle-detection">Permissions-Policy: idle-detection</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/local-fonts">Permissions-Policy: local-fonts</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/magnetometer">Permissions-Policy: magnetometer</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/microphone">Permissions-Policy: microphone</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/midi">Permissions-Policy: midi</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/otp-credentials">Permissions-Policy: otp-credentials</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/payment">Permissions-Policy: payment</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/picture-in-picture">Permissions-Policy: picture-in-picture</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/publickey-credentials-create">Permissions-Policy: publickey-credentials-create</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/publickey-credentials-get">Permissions-Policy: publickey-credentials-get</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/screen-wake-lock">Permissions-Policy: screen-wake-lock</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/serial">Permissions-Policy: serial</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/speaker-selection">Permissions-Policy: speaker-selection</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/storage-access">Permissions-Policy: storage-access</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/usb">Permissions-Policy: usb</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/web-share">Permissions-Policy: web-share</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/window-management">Permissions-Policy: window-management</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/xr-spatial-tracking">Permissions-Policy: xr-spatial-tracking</a><abbr class="icon icon-experimental" title="Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future."> <span class="visually-hidden">Experimental</span> </abbr></li></ol> </details> </li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Resources_and_specifications">HTTP resources and specifications</a></li> </ol> </div></div><section class="place side"></section></nav></aside><div class="toc-container"><aside class="toc"><nav><div class="document-toc-container"><section class="document-toc"><header><h2 class="document-toc-heading">In this article</h2></header><ul class="document-toc-list"><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#the_general_http_authentication_framework">The general HTTP authentication framework</a></li><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#authentication_schemes">Authentication schemes</a></li><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#basic_authentication_scheme">Basic authentication scheme</a></li><li class="document-toc-item "><a class="document-toc-link" href="#see_also">See also</a></li></ul></section></div></nav></aside><section class="place side"></section></div></div><main id="content" class="main-content "><article class="main-page-content" lang="en-US"><header><h1>HTTP authentication</h1></header><div class="section-content"><p> HTTP provides a general framework for access control and authentication. This page is an introduction to the HTTP framework for authentication, and shows how to restrict access to your server using the HTTP "Basic" scheme. </p></div><section aria-labelledby="the_general_http_authentication_framework"><h2 id="the_general_http_authentication_framework"><a href="#the_general_http_authentication_framework">The general HTTP authentication framework</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 7235</a> defines the HTTP authentication framework, which can be used by a server to <a href="/en-US/docs/Glossary/Challenge">challenge</a> a client request, and by a client to provide authentication information.</p> <p>The challenge and response flow works like this:</p> <ol> <li>The server responds to a client with a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401"><code>401</code></a> (Unauthorized) response status and provides information on how to authorize with a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a> response header containing at least one challenge.</li> <li>A client that wants to authenticate itself with the server can then do so by including an <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization"><code>Authorization</code></a> request header with the credentials.</li> <li>Usually a client will present a password prompt to the user and will then issue the request including the correct <code>Authorization</code> header.</li> </ol> <p> <img src="https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/authentication/basic-auth.svg" alt="A sequence diagram illustrating HTTP messages between a client and a server lifeline." loading="lazy"> </p> <p> The general message flow above is the same for most (if not all) <a href="#authentication_schemes">authentication schemes</a>. The actual information in the headers and the way it is encoded does change! </p> <div class="notecard warning"> <p> <strong>Warning:</strong> The "Basic" authentication scheme used in the diagram above sends the credentials encoded but not encrypted. This would be completely insecure unless the exchange was over a secure connection (HTTPS/TLS). </p> </div></div></section><section aria-labelledby="proxy_authentication"><h3 id="proxy_authentication"><a href="#proxy_authentication">Proxy authentication</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p> The same challenge and response mechanism can be used for <em>proxy authentication</em>. As both resource authentication and proxy authentication can coexist, a different set of headers and status codes is needed. In the case of proxies, the challenging status code is <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407"><code>407</code></a> (Proxy Authentication Required), the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a> response header contains at least one challenge applicable to the proxy, and the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a> request header is used for providing the credentials to the proxy server. </p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="access_forbidden"><h3 id="access_forbidden"><a href="#access_forbidden">Access forbidden</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>If a (proxy) server receives <em>invalid</em> credentials, it should respond with a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401"><code>401</code></a> <code>Unauthorized</code> or with a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407"><code>407</code></a> <code>Proxy Authentication Required</code>, and the user may send a new request or replace the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization"><code>Authorization</code></a> header field.</p> <p>If a (proxy) server receives valid credentials that are <em>inadequate</em> to access a given resource, the server should respond with the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/403"><code>403</code></a> <code>Forbidden</code> status code. Unlike <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401"><code>401</code></a> <code>Unauthorized</code> or <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407"><code>407</code></a> <code>Proxy Authentication Required</code>, authentication is impossible for this user and browsers will not propose a new attempt.</p> <p>In all cases, the server may prefer returning a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404"><code>404</code></a> <code>Not Found</code> status code, to hide the existence of the page to a user without adequate privileges or not correctly authenticated.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="authentication_of_cross-origin_images"><h3 id="authentication_of_cross-origin_images"><a href="#authentication_of_cross-origin_images">Authentication of cross-origin images</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p> A potential security hole (that has since been fixed in browsers) was authentication of cross-site images. From <a href="/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/59">Firefox 59</a> onwards, image resources loaded from different origins to the current document are no longer able to trigger HTTP authentication dialogs (<a href="https://bugzil.la/1423146" class="external" target="_blank">Firefox bug 1423146</a>), preventing user credentials being stolen if attackers were able to embed an arbitrary image into a third-party page. </p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="character_encoding_of_http_authentication"><h3 id="character_encoding_of_http_authentication"><a href="#character_encoding_of_http_authentication">Character encoding of HTTP authentication</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>Browsers use <code>utf-8</code> encoding for usernames and passwords.</p> <p>Firefox once used <code>ISO-8859-1</code>, but changed to <code>utf-8</code> for parity with other browsers and to avoid potential problems as described in <a href="https://bugzil.la/1419658" class="external" target="_blank">Firefox bug 1419658</a>.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="www-authenticate_and_proxy-authenticate_headers"><h3 id="www-authenticate_and_proxy-authenticate_headers"><a href="#www-authenticate_and_proxy-authenticate_headers">WWW-Authenticate and Proxy-Authenticate headers</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>The <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a> and <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a> response headers define the authentication method that should be used to gain access to a resource. They must specify which authentication scheme is used, so that the client that wishes to authorize knows how to provide the credentials.</p> <p>The syntax for these headers is the following:</p> <div class="code-example"><div class="example-header"><span class="language-name">http</span></div><pre class="brush: http notranslate"><code>WWW-Authenticate: <type> realm=<realm> Proxy-Authenticate: <type> realm=<realm> </code></pre></div> <p>Here, <code><type></code> is the authentication scheme ("Basic" is the most common scheme and <a href="#basic_authentication_scheme">introduced below</a>). The <em>realm</em> is used to describe the protected area or to indicate the scope of protection. This could be a message like "Access to the staging site" or similar, so that the user knows to which space they are trying to get access to.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="authorization_and_proxy-authorization_headers"><h3 id="authorization_and_proxy-authorization_headers"><a href="#authorization_and_proxy-authorization_headers">Authorization and Proxy-Authorization headers</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>The <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization"><code>Authorization</code></a> and <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a> request headers contain the credentials to authenticate a user agent with a (proxy) server. Here, the <code><type></code> is needed again followed by the credentials, which can be encoded or encrypted depending on which authentication scheme is used.</p> <div class="code-example"><div class="example-header"><span class="language-name">http</span></div><pre class="brush: http notranslate"><code>Authorization: <type> <credentials> Proxy-Authorization: <type> <credentials> </code></pre></div></div></section><section aria-labelledby="authentication_schemes"><h2 id="authentication_schemes"><a href="#authentication_schemes">Authentication schemes</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p>The general HTTP authentication framework is the base for a number of authentication schemes.</p> <p>IANA maintains a <a href="https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-authschemes/http-authschemes.xhtml" class="external" target="_blank">list of authentication schemes</a>, but there are other schemes offered by host services, such as Amazon AWS.</p> <p>Some common authentication schemes include:</p> <dl> <dt id="basic"><a href="#basic"><strong>Basic</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7617" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 7617</a>, base64-encoded credentials. More information below.</p> </dd> <dt id="bearer"><a href="#bearer"><strong>Bearer</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6750" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 6750</a>, bearer tokens to access OAuth 2.0-protected resources</p> </dd> <dt id="digest"><a href="#digest"><strong>Digest</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 7616</a>. Firefox 93 and later support the SHA-256 algorithm. Previous versions only support MD5 hashing (not recommended).</p> </dd> <dt id="hoba"><a href="#hoba"><strong>HOBA</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7486" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 7486</a>, Section 3, <strong>H</strong>TTP <strong>O</strong>rigin-<strong>B</strong>ound <strong>A</strong>uthentication, digital-signature-based</p> </dd> <dt id="mutual"><a href="#mutual"><strong>Mutual</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8120" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 8120</a></p> </dd> <dt id="negotiate"><a href="#negotiate"><strong>Negotiate</strong></a> / <strong>NTLM</strong></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4559" class="external" target="_blank">RFC4599</a></p> </dd> <dt id="vapid"><a href="#vapid"><strong>VAPID</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8292" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 8292</a></p> </dd> <dt id="scram"><a href="#scram"><strong>SCRAM</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7804" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 7804</a></p> </dd> <dt id="aws4-hmac-sha256"><a href="#aws4-hmac-sha256"><strong>AWS4-HMAC-SHA256</strong></a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/sigv4-auth-using-authorization-header.html" class="external" target="_blank">AWS docs</a>. This scheme is used for AWS3 server authentication.</p> </dd> </dl> <p>Schemes can differ in security strength and in their availability in client or server software.</p> <p> The "Basic" authentication scheme offers very poor security, but is widely supported and easy to set up. It is introduced in more detail below. </p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="basic_authentication_scheme"><h2 id="basic_authentication_scheme"><a href="#basic_authentication_scheme">Basic authentication scheme</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p>The "Basic" HTTP authentication scheme is defined in <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7617" class="external" target="_blank">RFC 7617</a>, which transmits credentials as user ID/password pairs, encoded using base64.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="security_of_basic_authentication"><h3 id="security_of_basic_authentication"><a href="#security_of_basic_authentication">Security of basic authentication</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>As the user ID and password are passed over the network as clear text (it is base64 encoded, but base64 is a reversible encoding), the basic authentication scheme <strong>is not secure</strong>. HTTPS/TLS should be used with basic authentication. Without these additional security enhancements, basic authentication should not be used to protect sensitive or valuable information.</p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="restricting_access_with_apache_and_basic_authentication"><h3 id="restricting_access_with_apache_and_basic_authentication"><a href="#restricting_access_with_apache_and_basic_authentication">Restricting access with Apache and basic authentication</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>To password-protect a directory on an Apache server, you will need a <code>.htaccess</code> and a <code>.htpasswd</code> file.</p> <p>The <code>.htaccess</code> file typically looks like this:</p> <div class="code-example"><div class="example-header"><span class="language-name">apacheconf</span></div><pre class="brush: apacheconf notranslate"><code>AuthType Basic AuthName "Access to the staging site" AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd Require valid-user </code></pre></div> <p>The <code>.htaccess</code> file references a <code>.htpasswd</code> file in which each line consists of a username and a password separated by a colon (<code>:</code>). You cannot see the actual passwords as they are <a href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/misc/password_encryptions.html" class="external" target="_blank">hashed</a> (using MD5-based hashing, in this case). Note that you can name your <code>.htpasswd</code> file differently if you like, but keep in mind this file shouldn't be accessible to anyone. (Apache is usually configured to prevent access to <code>.ht*</code> files).</p> <div class="code-example"><div class="example-header"><span class="language-name">apacheconf</span></div><pre class="brush: apacheconf notranslate"><code>aladdin:$apr1$ZjTqBB3f$IF9gdYAGlMrs2fuINjHsz. user2:$apr1$O04r.y2H$/vEkesPhVInBByJUkXitA/ </code></pre></div></div></section><section aria-labelledby="restricting_access_with_nginx_and_basic_authentication"><h3 id="restricting_access_with_nginx_and_basic_authentication"><a href="#restricting_access_with_nginx_and_basic_authentication">Restricting access with Nginx and basic authentication</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p> For Nginx, you will need to specify a location that you are going to protect and the <code>auth_basic</code> directive that provides the name to the password-protected area. The <code>auth_basic_user_file</code> directive then points to a <code>.htpasswd</code> file containing the encrypted user credentials, just like in the Apache example above. </p> <div class="code-example"><div class="example-header"><span class="language-name">apacheconf</span></div><pre class="brush: apacheconf notranslate"><code>location /status { auth_basic "Access to the staging site"; auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/.htpasswd; } </code></pre></div></div></section><section aria-labelledby="access_using_credentials_in_the_url"><h3 id="access_using_credentials_in_the_url"><a href="#access_using_credentials_in_the_url">Access using credentials in the URL</a></h3><div class="section-content"><p>Many clients also let you avoid the login prompt by using an encoded URL containing the username and the password like this:</p> <pre class="brush: plain example-bad notranslate">https://username:password@www.example.com/ </pre> <p> <strong>The use of these URLs is deprecated</strong>. In Chrome, the <code>username:password@</code> part in URLs is <a href="https://codereview.chromium.org/2651943002" class="external" target="_blank">removed from subresource URLs</a> for security reasons. In Firefox, it is checked if the site actually requires authentication and if not, Firefox will warn the user with a prompt "You are about to log in to the site <code>www.example.com</code> with the username <code>username</code>, but the website does not require authentication. This may be an attempt to trick you." In case the site does require authentication, Firefox will still ask for user confirmation "You are about to log in to the site <code>www.example.com</code> with the username <code>username</code>." before sending the credentials to the site. Note that Firefox sends the request without credentials in both cases before showing the prompt in order to determine whether the site requires authentication. </p></div></section><section aria-labelledby="see_also"><h2 id="see_also"><a href="#see_also">See also</a></h2><div class="section-content"><ul> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization"><code>Authorization</code></a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a></li> <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401"><code>401</code></a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/403"><code>403</code></a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407"><code>407</code></a></li> </ul></div></section></article><aside class="article-footer"><div 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href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Caching\">HTTP caching</a></li>\n <li><em><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication\" aria-current=\"page\">HTTP authentication</a></em></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies\">Using HTTP cookies</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Redirections\">Redirections in HTTP</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Conditional_requests\">HTTP conditional requests</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Range_requests\">HTTP range requests</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Content_negotiation\">Content negotiation</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Connection_management_in_HTTP_1.x\">Connection management in HTTP/1.x</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Evolution_of_HTTP\">Evolution of HTTP</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Protocol_upgrade_mechanism\">Protocol upgrade mechanism</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Proxy_servers_and_tunneling\">Proxy servers and tunneling</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Client_hints\">HTTP Client hints</a></li>\n <li class=\"toggle\">\n <details>\n <summary>Security and privacy</summary>\n <ol>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Practical_implementation_guides\">Practical security implementation guides</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/observatory\">HTTP Observatory</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Permissions_Policy\">Permissions Policy</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP\">Content Security Policy (CSP)</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS\">Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cross-Origin_Resource_Policy\">Cross-Origin Resource Policy (CORP)</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security\">Strict-Transport-Security</a></li>\n </ol>\n </details>\n </li>\n <li class=\"section no-link\">References</li>\n <li class=\"toggle\">\n <details>\n <summary>HTTP headers</summary>\n <ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept\"><code>Accept</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-CH\"><code>Accept-CH</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Encoding\"><code>Accept-Encoding</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language\"><code>Accept-Language</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Patch\"><code>Accept-Patch</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Post\"><code>Accept-Post</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Ranges\"><code>Accept-Ranges</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Credentials\"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Credentials</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Headers\"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Headers</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Methods\"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Methods</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin\"><code>Access-Control-Allow-Origin</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Expose-Headers\"><code>Access-Control-Expose-Headers</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Max-Age\"><code>Access-Control-Max-Age</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Headers\"><code>Access-Control-Request-Headers</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Request-Method\"><code>Access-Control-Request-Method</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Age\"><code>Age</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Allow\"><code>Allow</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Alt-Svc\"><code>Alt-Svc</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Alt-Used\"><code>Alt-Used</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Attribution-Reporting-Eligible\"><code>Attribution-Reporting-Eligible</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Attribution-Reporting-Register-Source\"><code>Attribution-Reporting-Register-Source</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Attribution-Reporting-Register-Trigger\"><code>Attribution-Reporting-Register-Trigger</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization\"><code>Authorization</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control\"><code>Cache-Control</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Clear-Site-Data\"><code>Clear-Site-Data</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Connection\"><code>Connection</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Digest\"><code>Content-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Disposition\"><code>Content-Disposition</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-DPR\"><code>Content-DPR</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Encoding\"><code>Content-Encoding</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Language\"><code>Content-Language</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Length\"><code>Content-Length</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Location\"><code>Content-Location</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Range\"><code>Content-Range</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy\"><code>Content-Security-Policy</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only\"><code>Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Type\"><code>Content-Type</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cookie\"><code>Cookie</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Critical-CH\"><code>Critical-CH</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy\"><code>Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy\"><code>Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy\"><code>Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Date\"><code>Date</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Device-Memory\"><code>Device-Memory</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/DNT\"><code>DNT</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Downlink\"><code>Downlink</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/DPR\"><code>DPR</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Early-Data\"><code>Early-Data</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/ECT\"><code>ECT</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/ETag\"><code>ETag</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Expect\"><code>Expect</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Expect-CT\"><code>Expect-CT</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Expires\"><code>Expires</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Forwarded\"><code>Forwarded</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/From\"><code>From</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Host\"><code>Host</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-Match\"><code>If-Match</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-Modified-Since\"><code>If-Modified-Since</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-None-Match\"><code>If-None-Match</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-Range\"><code>If-Range</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-Unmodified-Since\"><code>If-Unmodified-Since</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Keep-Alive\"><code>Keep-Alive</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Last-Modified\"><code>Last-Modified</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Link\"><code>Link</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Location\"><code>Location</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Max-Forwards\"><code>Max-Forwards</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/NEL\"><code>NEL</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/No-Vary-Search\"><code>No-Vary-Search</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Observe-Browsing-Topics\"><code>Observe-Browsing-Topics</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin\"><code>Origin</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin-Agent-Cluster\"><code>Origin-Agent-Cluster</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy\"><code>Permissions-Policy</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Pragma\"><code>Pragma</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Priority\"><code>Priority</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate\"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization\"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Range\"><code>Range</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referer\"><code>Referer</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy\"><code>Referrer-Policy</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Refresh\"><code>Refresh</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Report-To\"><code>Report-To</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Reporting-Endpoints\"><code>Reporting-Endpoints</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Repr-Digest\"><code>Repr-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Retry-After\"><code>Retry-After</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/RTT\"><code>RTT</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Save-Data\"><code>Save-Data</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Browsing-Topics\"><code>Sec-Browsing-Topics</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-Prefers-Color-Scheme\"><code>Sec-CH-Prefers-Color-Scheme</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Motion\"><code>Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Motion</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Transparency\"><code>Sec-CH-Prefers-Reduced-Transparency</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA\"><code>Sec-CH-UA</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Arch\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Arch</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Bitness\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Bitness</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Mobile\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Mobile</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Model\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Model</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Platform\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Platform</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version\"><code>Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-Dest\"><code>Sec-Fetch-Dest</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-Mode\"><code>Sec-Fetch-Mode</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-Site\"><code>Sec-Fetch-Site</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Fetch-User\"><code>Sec-Fetch-User</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-GPC\"><code>Sec-GPC</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-Purpose\"><code>Sec-Purpose</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Accept\"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Accept</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Extensions\"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Extensions</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Key\"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Key</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Protocol\"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Protocol</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Sec-WebSocket-Version\"><code>Sec-WebSocket-Version</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Server\"><code>Server</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Server-Timing\"><code>Server-Timing</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload\"><code>Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Cookie\"><code>Set-Cookie</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Login\"><code>Set-Login</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/SourceMap\"><code>SourceMap</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Speculation-Rules\"><code>Speculation-Rules</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security\"><code>Strict-Transport-Security</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Supports-Loading-Mode\"><code>Supports-Loading-Mode</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/TE\"><code>TE</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Timing-Allow-Origin\"><code>Timing-Allow-Origin</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Tk\"><code>Tk</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Trailer\"><code>Trailer</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Transfer-Encoding\"><code>Transfer-Encoding</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Upgrade\"><code>Upgrade</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Upgrade-Insecure-Requests\"><code>Upgrade-Insecure-Requests</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent\"><code>User-Agent</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Vary\"><code>Vary</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Via\"><code>Via</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Viewport-Width\"><code>Viewport-Width</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Want-Content-Digest\"><code>Want-Content-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Want-Repr-Digest\"><code>Want-Repr-Digest</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Warning\"><code>Warning</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Width\"><code>Width</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate\"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options\"><code>X-Content-Type-Options</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-DNS-Prefetch-Control\"><code>X-DNS-Prefetch-Control</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-For\"><code>X-Forwarded-For</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-Host\"><code>X-Forwarded-Host</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Forwarded-Proto\"><code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options\"><code>X-Frame-Options</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection\"><code>X-XSS-Protection</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li></ol>\n </details>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toggle\">\n <details>\n <summary>HTTP request methods</summary>\n <ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/CONNECT\"><code>CONNECT</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/DELETE\"><code>DELETE</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET\"><code>GET</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/HEAD\"><code>HEAD</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/OPTIONS\"><code>OPTIONS</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PATCH\"><code>PATCH</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/POST\"><code>POST</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PUT\"><code>PUT</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/TRACE\"><code>TRACE</code></a></li></ol>\n </details>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toggle\">\n <details>\n <summary>HTTP response status codes</summary>\n <ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/100\"><code>100 Continue</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/101\"><code>101 Switching Protocols</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/102\"><code>102 Processing</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/103\"><code>103 Early Hints</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/200\"><code>200 OK</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/201\"><code>201 Created</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/202\"><code>202 Accepted</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/203\"><code>203 Non-Authoritative Information</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/204\"><code>204 No Content</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/205\"><code>205 Reset Content</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/206\"><code>206 Partial Content</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/207\"><code>207 Multi-Status</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/208\"><code>208 Already Reported</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/226\"><code>226 IM Used</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/300\"><code>300 Multiple Choices</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/301\"><code>301 Moved Permanently</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/302\"><code>302 Found</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/303\"><code>303 See Other</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/304\"><code>304 Not Modified</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/307\"><code>307 Temporary Redirect</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/308\"><code>308 Permanent Redirect</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/400\"><code>400 Bad Request</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401\"><code>401 Unauthorized</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/402\"><code>402 Payment Required</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/403\"><code>403 Forbidden</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404\"><code>404 Not Found</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/405\"><code>405 Method Not Allowed</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/406\"><code>406 Not Acceptable</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407\"><code>407 Proxy Authentication Required</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/408\"><code>408 Request Timeout</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/409\"><code>409 Conflict</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/410\"><code>410 Gone</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/411\"><code>411 Length Required</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/412\"><code>412 Precondition Failed</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/413\"><code>413 Content Too Large</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/414\"><code>414 URI Too Long</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/415\"><code>415 Unsupported Media Type</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/416\"><code>416 Range Not Satisfiable</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/417\"><code>417 Expectation Failed</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/418\"><code>418 I'm a teapot</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/421\"><code>421 Misdirected Request</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/422\"><code>422 Unprocessable Content</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/423\"><code>423 Locked</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/424\"><code>424 Failed Dependency</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/425\"><code>425 Too Early</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/426\"><code>426 Upgrade Required</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/428\"><code>428 Precondition Required</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/429\"><code>429 Too Many Requests</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/431\"><code>431 Request Header Fields Too Large</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/451\"><code>451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500\"><code>500 Internal Server Error</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/501\"><code>501 Not Implemented</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/502\"><code>502 Bad Gateway</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/503\"><code>503 Service Unavailable</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/504\"><code>504 Gateway Timeout</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/505\"><code>505 HTTP Version Not Supported</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/506\"><code>506 Variant Also Negotiates</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/507\"><code>507 Insufficient Storage</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/508\"><code>508 Loop Detected</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/510\"><code>510 Not Extended</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/511\"><code>511 Network Authentication Required</code></a></li></ol>\n </details>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toggle\">\n <details>\n <summary>CSP directives</summary>\n <ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/base-uri\"><code>CSP: base-uri</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/block-all-mixed-content\"><code>CSP: block-all-mixed-content</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/child-src\"><code>CSP: child-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/connect-src\"><code>CSP: connect-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/default-src\"><code>CSP: default-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/fenced-frame-src\"><code>CSP: fenced-frame-src</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/font-src\"><code>CSP: font-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/form-action\"><code>CSP: form-action</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/frame-ancestors\"><code>CSP: frame-ancestors</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/frame-src\"><code>CSP: frame-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/img-src\"><code>CSP: img-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/manifest-src\"><code>CSP: manifest-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/media-src\"><code>CSP: media-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/object-src\"><code>CSP: object-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/prefetch-src\"><code>CSP: prefetch-src</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/report-to\"><code>CSP: report-to</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/report-uri\"><code>CSP: report-uri</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/require-trusted-types-for\"><code>CSP: require-trusted-types-for</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/sandbox\"><code>CSP: sandbox</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src\"><code>CSP: script-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src-attr\"><code>CSP: script-src-attr</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src-elem\"><code>CSP: script-src-elem</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src\"><code>CSP: style-src</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src-attr\"><code>CSP: style-src-attr</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src-elem\"><code>CSP: style-src-elem</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/trusted-types\"><code>CSP: trusted-types</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/upgrade-insecure-requests\"><code>CSP: upgrade-insecure-requests</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/worker-src\"><code>CSP: worker-src</code></a></li></ol>\n </details>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toggle\">\n <details>\n <summary>CORS errors</summary>\n <ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSDisabled\">Reason: CORS disabled</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSAllowOriginNotMatchingOrigin\">Reason: CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' does not match 'xyz'</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMissingAllowOrigin\">Reason: CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' missing</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSOriginHeaderNotAdded\">Reason: CORS header 'Origin' cannot be added</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSPreflightDidNotSucceed\">Reason: CORS preflight channel did not succeed</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSDidNotSucceed\">Reason: CORS request did not succeed</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSExternalRedirectNotAllowed\">Reason: CORS request external redirect not allowed</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSRequestNotHttp\">Reason: CORS request not HTTP</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSNotSupportingCredentials\">Reason: Credential is not supported if the CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' is '*'</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMethodNotFound\">Reason: Did not find method in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods'</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMIssingAllowCredentials\">Reason: expected 'true' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials'</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSInvalidAllowHeader\">Reason: invalid token 'xyz' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers'</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSInvalidAllowMethod\">Reason: invalid token 'xyz' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods'</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMissingAllowHeaderFromPreflight\">Reason: missing token 'xyz' in CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' from CORS preflight channel</a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSMultipleAllowOriginNotAllowed\">Reason: Multiple CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' not allowed</a></li></ol>\n </details>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toggle\">\n <details>\n <summary>Permissions-Policy directives</summary>\n <ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/accelerometer\">Permissions-Policy: accelerometer</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/ambient-light-sensor\">Permissions-Policy: ambient-light-sensor</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/attribution-reporting\">Permissions-Policy: attribution-reporting</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/autoplay\">Permissions-Policy: autoplay</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/bluetooth\">Permissions-Policy: bluetooth</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/browsing-topics\">Permissions-Policy: browsing-topics</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/camera\">Permissions-Policy: camera</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/compute-pressure\">Permissions-Policy: compute-pressure</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/display-capture\">Permissions-Policy: display-capture</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/document-domain\">Permissions-Policy: document-domain</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/encrypted-media\">Permissions-Policy: encrypted-media</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/fullscreen\">Permissions-Policy: fullscreen</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/gamepad\">Permissions-Policy: gamepad</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/geolocation\">Permissions-Policy: geolocation</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/gyroscope\">Permissions-Policy: gyroscope</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/hid\">Permissions-Policy: hid</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/identity-credentials-get\">Permissions-Policy: identity-credentials-get</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/idle-detection\">Permissions-Policy: idle-detection</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/local-fonts\">Permissions-Policy: local-fonts</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/magnetometer\">Permissions-Policy: magnetometer</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/microphone\">Permissions-Policy: microphone</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/midi\">Permissions-Policy: midi</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/otp-credentials\">Permissions-Policy: otp-credentials</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/payment\">Permissions-Policy: payment</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/picture-in-picture\">Permissions-Policy: picture-in-picture</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/publickey-credentials-create\">Permissions-Policy: publickey-credentials-create</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/publickey-credentials-get\">Permissions-Policy: publickey-credentials-get</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/screen-wake-lock\">Permissions-Policy: screen-wake-lock</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/serial\">Permissions-Policy: serial</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/speaker-selection\">Permissions-Policy: speaker-selection</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/storage-access\">Permissions-Policy: storage-access</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/usb\">Permissions-Policy: usb</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/web-share\">Permissions-Policy: web-share</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/window-management\">Permissions-Policy: window-management</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy/xr-spatial-tracking\">Permissions-Policy: xr-spatial-tracking</a><abbr class=\"icon icon-experimental\" title=\"Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Experimental</span>\n</abbr></li></ol>\n </details>\n </li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Resources_and_specifications\">HTTP resources and specifications</a></li>\n </ol>\n","sidebarMacro":"HTTPSidebar","body":[{"type":"prose","value":{"id":null,"title":null,"isH3":false,"content":"<p>\n HTTP provides a general framework for access control and authentication.\n This page is an introduction to the HTTP framework for authentication, and shows how to restrict access to your server using the HTTP \"Basic\" scheme.\n</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"the_general_http_authentication_framework","title":"The general HTTP authentication framework","isH3":false,"content":"<p><a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 7235</a> defines the HTTP authentication framework, which can be used by a server to <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/Challenge\">challenge</a> a client request, and by a client to provide authentication information.</p>\n<p>The challenge and response flow works like this:</p>\n<ol>\n <li>The server responds to a client with a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401\"><code>401</code></a> (Unauthorized) response status and provides information on how to authorize with a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate\"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a> response header containing at least one challenge.</li>\n <li>A client that wants to authenticate itself with the server can then do so by including an <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization\"><code>Authorization</code></a> request header with the credentials.</li>\n <li>Usually a client will present a password prompt to the user and will then issue the request including the correct <code>Authorization</code> header.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>\n <img src=\"https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/authentication/basic-auth.svg\" alt=\"A sequence diagram illustrating HTTP messages between a client and a server lifeline.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</p>\n<p>\n The general message flow above is the same for most (if not all) <a href=\"#authentication_schemes\">authentication schemes</a>.\n The actual information in the headers and the way it is encoded does change!\n</p>\n<div class=\"notecard warning\">\n <p>\n <strong>Warning:</strong> The \"Basic\" authentication scheme used in the diagram above sends the credentials encoded but not encrypted.\n This would be completely insecure unless the exchange was over a secure connection (HTTPS/TLS).\n </p>\n</div>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"proxy_authentication","title":"Proxy authentication","isH3":true,"content":"<p>\n The same challenge and response mechanism can be used for <em>proxy authentication</em>.\n As both resource authentication and proxy authentication can coexist, a different set of headers and status codes is needed. In the case of proxies, the challenging status code is <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407\"><code>407</code></a> (Proxy Authentication Required), the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate\"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a> response header contains at least one challenge applicable to the proxy, and the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization\"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a> request header is used for providing the credentials to the proxy server.\n</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"access_forbidden","title":"Access forbidden","isH3":true,"content":"<p>If a (proxy) server receives <em>invalid</em> credentials, it should respond with a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401\"><code>401</code></a> <code>Unauthorized</code> or with a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407\"><code>407</code></a> <code>Proxy Authentication Required</code>, and the user may send a new request or replace the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization\"><code>Authorization</code></a> header field.</p>\n<p>If a (proxy) server receives valid credentials that are <em>inadequate</em> to access a given resource, the server should respond with the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/403\"><code>403</code></a> <code>Forbidden</code> status code. Unlike <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401\"><code>401</code></a> <code>Unauthorized</code> or <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407\"><code>407</code></a> <code>Proxy Authentication Required</code>, authentication is impossible for this user and browsers will not propose a new attempt.</p>\n<p>In all cases, the server may prefer returning a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404\"><code>404</code></a> <code>Not Found</code> status code, to hide the existence of the page to a user without adequate privileges or not correctly authenticated.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"authentication_of_cross-origin_images","title":"Authentication of cross-origin images","isH3":true,"content":"<p>\n A potential security hole (that has since been fixed in browsers) was authentication of cross-site images.\n From <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/59\">Firefox 59</a> onwards, image resources loaded from different origins to the current document are no longer able to trigger HTTP authentication dialogs (<a href=\"https://bugzil.la/1423146\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox bug 1423146</a>), preventing user credentials being stolen if attackers were able to embed an arbitrary image into a third-party page.\n</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"character_encoding_of_http_authentication","title":"Character encoding of HTTP authentication","isH3":true,"content":"<p>Browsers use <code>utf-8</code> encoding for usernames and passwords.</p>\n<p>Firefox once used <code>ISO-8859-1</code>, but changed to <code>utf-8</code> for parity with other browsers and to avoid potential problems as described in <a href=\"https://bugzil.la/1419658\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox bug 1419658</a>.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"www-authenticate_and_proxy-authenticate_headers","title":"WWW-Authenticate and Proxy-Authenticate headers","isH3":true,"content":"<p>The <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate\"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a> and <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate\"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a> response headers define the authentication method that should be used to gain access to a resource. They must specify which authentication scheme is used, so that the client that wishes to authorize knows how to provide the credentials.</p>\n<p>The syntax for these headers is the following:</p>\n<div class=\"code-example\"><div class=\"example-header\"><span class=\"language-name\">http</span></div><pre class=\"brush: http notranslate\"><code>WWW-Authenticate: <type> realm=<realm>\nProxy-Authenticate: <type> realm=<realm>\n</code></pre></div>\n<p>Here, <code><type></code> is the authentication scheme (\"Basic\" is the most common scheme and <a href=\"#basic_authentication_scheme\">introduced below</a>). The <em>realm</em> is used to describe the protected area or to indicate the scope of protection. This could be a message like \"Access to the staging site\" or similar, so that the user knows to which space they are trying to get access to.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"authorization_and_proxy-authorization_headers","title":"Authorization and Proxy-Authorization headers","isH3":true,"content":"<p>The <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization\"><code>Authorization</code></a> and <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization\"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a> request headers contain the credentials to authenticate a user agent with a (proxy) server. Here, the <code><type></code> is needed again followed by the credentials, which can be encoded or encrypted depending on which authentication scheme is used.</p>\n<div class=\"code-example\"><div class=\"example-header\"><span class=\"language-name\">http</span></div><pre class=\"brush: http notranslate\"><code>Authorization: <type> <credentials>\nProxy-Authorization: <type> <credentials>\n</code></pre></div>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"authentication_schemes","title":"Authentication schemes","isH3":false,"content":"<p>The general HTTP authentication framework is the base for a number of authentication schemes.</p>\n<p>IANA maintains a <a href=\"https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-authschemes/http-authschemes.xhtml\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">list of authentication schemes</a>, but there are other schemes offered by host services, such as Amazon AWS.</p>\n<p>Some common authentication schemes include:</p>\n<dl>\n <dt id=\"basic\"><a href=\"#basic\"><strong>Basic</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7617\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 7617</a>, base64-encoded credentials. More information below.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"bearer\"><a href=\"#bearer\"><strong>Bearer</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6750\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 6750</a>, bearer tokens to access OAuth 2.0-protected resources</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"digest\"><a href=\"#digest\"><strong>Digest</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 7616</a>. Firefox 93 and later support the SHA-256 algorithm. Previous versions only support MD5 hashing (not recommended).</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"hoba\"><a href=\"#hoba\"><strong>HOBA</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7486\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 7486</a>, Section 3, <strong>H</strong>TTP <strong>O</strong>rigin-<strong>B</strong>ound <strong>A</strong>uthentication, digital-signature-based</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"mutual\"><a href=\"#mutual\"><strong>Mutual</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8120\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 8120</a></p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"negotiate\"><a href=\"#negotiate\"><strong>Negotiate</strong></a> / <strong>NTLM</strong></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4559\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC4599</a></p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"vapid\"><a href=\"#vapid\"><strong>VAPID</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8292\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 8292</a></p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"scram\"><a href=\"#scram\"><strong>SCRAM</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7804\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 7804</a></p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"aws4-hmac-sha256\"><a href=\"#aws4-hmac-sha256\"><strong>AWS4-HMAC-SHA256</strong></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>See <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/sigv4-auth-using-authorization-header.html\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">AWS docs</a>. This scheme is used for AWS3 server authentication.</p>\n </dd>\n</dl>\n<p>Schemes can differ in security strength and in their availability in client or server software.</p>\n<p>\n The \"Basic\" authentication scheme offers very poor security, but is widely supported and easy to set up.\n It is introduced in more detail below.\n</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"basic_authentication_scheme","title":"Basic authentication scheme","isH3":false,"content":"<p>The \"Basic\" HTTP authentication scheme is defined in <a href=\"https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7617\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">RFC 7617</a>, which transmits credentials as user ID/password pairs, encoded using base64.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"security_of_basic_authentication","title":"Security of basic authentication","isH3":true,"content":"<p>As the user ID and password are passed over the network as clear text (it is base64 encoded, but base64 is a reversible encoding), the basic authentication scheme <strong>is not secure</strong>. HTTPS/TLS should be used with basic authentication. Without these additional security enhancements, basic authentication should not be used to protect sensitive or valuable information.</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"restricting_access_with_apache_and_basic_authentication","title":"Restricting access with Apache and basic authentication","isH3":true,"content":"<p>To password-protect a directory on an Apache server, you will need a <code>.htaccess</code> and a <code>.htpasswd</code> file.</p>\n<p>The <code>.htaccess</code> file typically looks like this:</p>\n<div class=\"code-example\"><div class=\"example-header\"><span class=\"language-name\">apacheconf</span></div><pre class=\"brush: apacheconf notranslate\"><code>AuthType Basic\nAuthName \"Access to the staging site\"\nAuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd\nRequire valid-user\n</code></pre></div>\n<p>The <code>.htaccess</code> file references a <code>.htpasswd</code> file in which each line consists of a username and a password separated by a colon (<code>:</code>). You cannot see the actual passwords as they are <a href=\"https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/misc/password_encryptions.html\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">hashed</a> (using MD5-based hashing, in this case). Note that you can name your <code>.htpasswd</code> file differently if you like, but keep in mind this file shouldn't be accessible to anyone. (Apache is usually configured to prevent access to <code>.ht*</code> files).</p>\n<div class=\"code-example\"><div class=\"example-header\"><span class=\"language-name\">apacheconf</span></div><pre class=\"brush: apacheconf notranslate\"><code>aladdin:$apr1$ZjTqBB3f$IF9gdYAGlMrs2fuINjHsz.\nuser2:$apr1$O04r.y2H$/vEkesPhVInBByJUkXitA/\n</code></pre></div>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"restricting_access_with_nginx_and_basic_authentication","title":"Restricting access with Nginx and basic authentication","isH3":true,"content":"<p>\n For Nginx, you will need to specify a location that you are going to protect and the <code>auth_basic</code> directive that provides the name to the password-protected area.\n The <code>auth_basic_user_file</code> directive then points to a <code>.htpasswd</code> file containing the encrypted user credentials, just like in the Apache example above.\n</p>\n<div class=\"code-example\"><div class=\"example-header\"><span class=\"language-name\">apacheconf</span></div><pre class=\"brush: apacheconf notranslate\"><code>location /status {\n auth_basic \"Access to the staging site\";\n auth_basic_user_file /etc/apache2/.htpasswd;\n}\n</code></pre></div>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"access_using_credentials_in_the_url","title":"Access using credentials in the URL","isH3":true,"content":"<p>Many clients also let you avoid the login prompt by using an encoded URL containing the username and the password like this:</p>\n<pre class=\"brush: plain example-bad notranslate\">https://username:password@www.example.com/\n</pre>\n<p>\n <strong>The use of these URLs is deprecated</strong>.\n In Chrome, the <code>username:password@</code> part in URLs is <a href=\"https://codereview.chromium.org/2651943002\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">removed from subresource URLs</a> for security reasons. In Firefox, it is checked if the site actually requires authentication and if not, Firefox will warn the user with a prompt \"You are about to log in to the site <code>www.example.com</code> with the username <code>username</code>, but the website does not require authentication. This may be an attempt to trick you.\" In case the site does require authentication, Firefox will still ask for user confirmation \"You are about to log in to the site <code>www.example.com</code> with the username <code>username</code>.\" before sending the credentials to the site. Note that Firefox sends the request without credentials in both cases before showing the prompt in order to determine whether the site requires authentication.\n</p>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"see_also","title":"See also","isH3":false,"content":"<ul>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/WWW-Authenticate\"><code>WWW-Authenticate</code></a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization\"><code>Authorization</code></a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authorization\"><code>Proxy-Authorization</code></a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Proxy-Authenticate\"><code>Proxy-Authenticate</code></a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/401\"><code>401</code></a>, <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/403\"><code>403</code></a>, <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/407\"><code>407</code></a></li>\n</ul>"}}],"toc":[{"text":"The general HTTP authentication framework","id":"the_general_http_authentication_framework"},{"text":"Authentication schemes","id":"authentication_schemes"},{"text":"Basic authentication scheme","id":"basic_authentication_scheme"},{"text":"See also","id":"see_also"}],"summary":"HTTP provides a general framework for access control and authentication.\n This page is an introduction to the HTTP framework for authentication, and shows how to restrict access to your server using the HTTP \"Basic\" scheme.","popularity":0.0176,"modified":"2024-07-25T21:29:40.000Z","other_translations":[{"locale":"de","title":"HTTP-Authentifizierung","native":"Deutsch"},{"locale":"es","title":"Autenticación HTTP","native":"Español"},{"locale":"fr","title":"Authentification HTTP","native":"Français"},{"locale":"ja","title":"HTTP 認証","native":"日本語"},{"locale":"ko","title":"HTTP 인증","native":"한국어"},{"locale":"pt-BR","title":"Autenticação HTTP","native":"Português (do Brasil)"},{"locale":"ru","title":"HTTP аутентификация","native":"Русский"},{"locale":"zh-CN","title":"HTTP 身份验证","native":"中文 (简体)"}],"pageType":"guide","source":{"folder":"en-us/web/http/authentication","github_url":"https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/http/authentication/index.md","last_commit_url":"https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/ef46a4ac6bfec3e33c9209244e7cb1a9206165d6","filename":"index.md"},"short_title":"HTTP authentication","parents":[{"uri":"/en-US/docs/Web","title":"References"},{"uri":"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP","title":"HTTP"},{"uri":"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication","title":"HTTP authentication"}],"pageTitle":"HTTP authentication - HTTP | MDN","noIndexing":false}}</script></body></html>