Method putheader

Lib/http/client.py:1314–1340

Send a request header line to the server. For example: h.putheader('Accept', 'text/html')

(self, header, *values)

                             f"(found at least {match.group()!r})")

    def putheader(self, header, *values):
        """Send a request header line to the server.

        For example: h.putheader('Accept', 'text/html')
        """
        if self.__state != _CS_REQ_STARTED:
            raise CannotSendHeader()

        if hasattr(header, 'encode'):
            header = header.encode('ascii')

        if not _is_legal_header_name(header):
            raise ValueError('Invalid header name %r' % (header,))

        values = list(values)
        for i, one_value in enumerate(values):
            if hasattr(one_value, 'encode'):
                values[i] = one_value.encode('latin-1')
            elif isinstance(one_value, int):
                values[i] = str(one_value).encode('ascii')

            if _is_illegal_header_value(values[i]):
                raise ValueError('Invalid header value %r' % (values[i],))

        value = b'\r\n\t'.join(values)
        header = header + b': ' + value
        self._output(header)

    def endheaders(self, message_body=None, *, encode_chunked=False):
        """Indicate that the last header line has been sent to the server.