GET HTTP Headers

Retrieves the HTTP headers of a remote domain. Useful in determining the web server (and version) in use and much more.

Note

https://api.viewdns.info/httpheaders/

Parameters

domain - the domain to retrieve the HTTP headers for
output - the output format required ('xml' or 'json')
apikey - your api key

Sample Query

domain: twitter.com

GET https://api.viewdns.info/httpheaders/?domain=twitter.com&apikey=yourapikey&output=output_type

XML Response (output=xml)

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<viewdns>
  <query>
    <tool>httpheaders_PRO</tool>
    <domain>twitter.com</domain>
  </query>
  <response>
    <headers>
      <header>
        <name>http_status</name>
        <value>301</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>connection</name>
        <value>close</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>content-length</name>
        <value>0</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>date</name>
        <value>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 23:40:39 UTC</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>location</name>
        <value>https://twitter.com/</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>server</name>
        <value>tsa_a</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>set-cookie</name>
        <value>guest_id=v1%3A142110603911146633; Domain=.twitter.com; Path=/; Expires=Wed, 11-Jan-2017 23:40:39 UTC</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>x-connection-hash</name>
        <value>9467983bb20e0e2912415463abcd0277</value>
      </header>
      <header>
        <name>x-response-time</name>
        <value>2</value>
      </header>
    </headers>
  </response>
</viewdns>

JSON Response (output=json)

{
    "query": {
        "tool": "httpheaders_PRO",
        "domain": "twitter.com"
    },
    "response": {
        "headers": [
            {
                "name": "http_status",
                "value": "301"
            },
            {
                "name": "connection",
                "value": "close"
            },
            {
                "name": "content-length",
                "value": "0"
            },
            {
                "name": "date",
                "value": "Mon, 12 Jan 2015 23:42:16 UTC"
            },
            {
                "name": "location",
                "value": "https://twitter.com/"
            },
            {
                "name": "server",
                "value": "tsa_a"
            },
            {
                "name": "set-cookie",
                "value": "guest_id=v1%3A142110612345448134; Domain=.twitter.com; Path=/; Expires=Wed, 11-Jan-2017 23:42:16 UTC"
            },
            {
                "name": "x-connection-hash",
                "value": "feb175daf57faabcde308af8372f0d8d"
            },
            {
                "name": "x-response-time",
                "value": "2"
            }
        ]
    }
}