From
The From
request header contains an Internet email
address for a human user who controls the requesting user agent.
If you are running a robotic user agent (e.g. a crawler), the From
header
must be sent, so you can be contacted if problems occur on servers, such as if the
robot is sending excessive, unwanted, or invalid requests.
Warning:
You must not use the From
header for access control or authentication.
Header type | Request header |
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Forbidden header name | no |
Syntax
http
From: <email>
Directives
- <email>
-
A machine-usable email address.
Examples
http
From: webmaster@example.org
Specifications
Specification |
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HTTP Semantics # field.from |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser