Are request header values automatically put somewh...
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aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 5:52 PMAre request header values automatically put somewhere in ColdBox apps where I can access them in the handlers?
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sknowlton
03/08/2022, 5:54 PMTry
event.getHTTPHeader( required header, defaultValue = '' )a
aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 5:54 PMAha! That sounds like what I'm looking for. Thanks!
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sknowlton
03/08/2022, 5:54 PMeventRequestContext.cfcsknowlton
03/08/2022, 5:55 PMincluding fun little comments like this one
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// ADOBE FIX YOUR ISNULL BS
if ( headers.keyExists( arguments.header ) ) {
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aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 5:55 PMhaha, yup, I feel that pain
aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 5:55 PMthese might be response headers though
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sknowlton
03/08/2022, 5:55 PMI don't think so, looking at the code
sknowlton
03/08/2022, 5:56 PMIt calls
getHTTPRequestData()sknowlton
03/08/2022, 5:56 PMthere's a bunch of other stuff in there for response headers
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aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 5:58 PMYes, I see it now. getHttpHeader() looks like the ticket I'm looking for. Thanks Samuel!
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bdw429s
03/08/2022, 5:59 PM@aaronstoddard And just to clarify, ColdBox doesn't "put them" anywhere per se, it just provides a wrapper for accessing them
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aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 5:59 PMGot it. Never know when you guys have some magical thingy that we can leverage.
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bdw429s
03/08/2022, 5:59 PMThis comes in especially handy when doing integration tests where you may want to spoof anything in the HTTP request such as the HTTP method, query string, headers, etc.
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aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 6:00 PMI'm specifically checking for an auth header for some restful routes.
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bdw429s
03/08/2022, 6:00 PMYou can mock that method in your test suite and then the entire framework behaves as though that data was in the actual HTTP request
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aaronstoddard
03/08/2022, 6:01 PMPerfect. Thanks again!