Appendix B. HTTP Headers
This document lists the request and response headers of the Yahoo! Social APIs. For details, see RFC2616 Header Field Definitions.
HTTP Request Headers
| Header | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accept | No | Request a particular content type. Valid values: application/json, application/xml. |
| Accept-Encoding | No | Request content encoding such as gzip. |
| Accept-Language | No | Request a particular language. Supported where localized strings are generated, such as Updates event descriptions. Affects
sort order. The lang query parameter will override this header.
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| Authorization | Yes | Include appropriate authorization token. |
| Host | No | Formats the host portion of embedded links to other social data. |
| If-Modified-Since | No | Conditional GET.
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| If-Unmodified-Since | No | Conditional GET.
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