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withHeaders

Specifies request headers. A request header is an HTTP header that can be used in an HTTP request to provide information about the request context

Syntax

js
withHeaders(name, value) // key-value pair
withHeaders(headers)     // key-value pairs as object

Usage

โœ… Correct Usage

js
// single key value pair
await spec()
  .get('/api/users')
  .withHeaders('Content-Type', 'application/json')
  .expectStatus(200);
js
// multiple key value pair
await spec()
  .get('/api/users')
  .withHeaders('Content-Type', 'application/json')
  .withHeaders('Accept', 'application/json')
  .expectStatus(200);
js
// key value pair object
await spec()
  .get('/api/users')
  .withHeaders({
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  })
  .expectStatus(200);

โ— Incorrect Usage

js
// don't use both overridden methods in same spec to introduce confusion
await spec()
  .get('/api/users')
  .withHeaders('Content-Type', 'application/json')
  .withHeaders({
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  })
  .expectStatus(200);

Arguments

> name (string)

Name of the header key.

> value (string)

Value of the header.

> headers (object)

key-value pairs of headers.

Examples

Single header

js
const { spec } = require('pactum');

await spec()
  .get('https://httpbin.org/bearer')
  .withHeaders('Authorization', 'Bearer abc')
  .expectStatus(200);

Multiple headers

js
const { spec } = require('pactum');

await spec()
  .get('https://httpbin.org/bearer')
  .withHeaders('Authorization', 'Bearer abc')
  .withHeaders('Accept', 'application/json')
  .expectStatus(200);

// or

await spec()
  .get('https://httpbin.org/bearer')
  .withHeaders({
    'Authorization': 'Bearer abc',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  })
  .expectStatus(200);

See Also

Released under the MIT License.