From 58447b8170f917d37fe8669438e213cda8c2897d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steffen Pohle <steffen@gulpe.de>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:37:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adding function to request a certain http header

---
 Changelog                |  3 +++
 UDPTCPNetwork-webutils.h |  2 ++
 test-webserver.cc        | 11 ++++++++++-
 webutils.cc              | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 0a84c77..591651b 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Version 0.4:
 =============
+2026-04-17:
+- adding function to request a certain headline
+
 2026-04-16:
 - base64encode and base64decode implemented
 
diff --git a/UDPTCPNetwork-webutils.h b/UDPTCPNetwork-webutils.h
index 5c23bbe..0b8d1ab 100644
--- a/UDPTCPNetwork-webutils.h
+++ b/UDPTCPNetwork-webutils.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class WebRequestBuffer {
         std::string GetProtocolVersion() { return protocol_version; };
         int GetRequestCmdObj(std::string *cmd, std::string *obj, JSONParse *jp);
         std::string GetCookie(std::string name);
+        std::string GetHeader(std::string name);
+        std::list<WebHeaderLine> GetHeaders();
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test-webserver.cc b/test-webserver.cc
index 565f918..fe982c2 100644
--- a/test-webserver.cc
+++ b/test-webserver.cc
@@ -28,11 +28,20 @@ class SimpleWebServer : public WebServer {
 
 
 int SimpleWebServer::HandleRequest (WebRequestBuffer *requestbuffer, WebServerClient *webclient) {
-    if (requestbuffer == NULL || webclient == NULL) return 0;
+	if (requestbuffer == NULL || webclient == NULL) return 0;
 
     std::string request = requestbuffer->GetRequest();
     printf ("SimpleWebServerClient::HandleRequest() Request:%s\n", request.c_str());
 
+    debug ("Recived Headers");
+    std::list<WebHeaderLine> hl;
+    std::list<WebHeaderLine>::iterator il;
+    std::string s;
+    hl = requestbuffer->GetHeaders();
+    for (il = hl.begin(); il != hl.end(); il++) {
+        debug ("'%s' -> '%s' ", il->parameter.c_str(), requestbuffer->GetHeader(il->parameter).c_str());
+    }
+
     if (request.compare ("/") == 0) request = "/index.html";
     if (request.find("/big.html") != std::string::npos) {
         std::string htmlfile = GenerateBigHtmlFile(8*1024*1024);
diff --git a/webutils.cc b/webutils.cc
index eaf25d7..4650fb9 100644
--- a/webutils.cc
+++ b/webutils.cc
@@ -212,3 +212,23 @@ std::string WebRequestBuffer::GetCookie(std::string name) {
 };
 
 
+std::string WebRequestBuffer::GetHeader(std::string name) {
+    std::list<WebHeaderLine>::iterator il;
+    std::size_t i;
+    std::string s;
+
+    //
+    // search for coockie line
+    for (il = headerlines.begin(); il != headerlines.end(); il++) {
+        if ((string_to_lower(il->parameter).compare(string_to_lower(name)) == 0) ||
+            (string_to_lower(il->parameter).compare(string_to_lower(name) + ':') == 0)) {
+            return il->value;
+        }
+    }
+    return "";
+};
+
+
+std::list<WebHeaderLine> WebRequestBuffer::GetHeaders() {
+    return headerlines;
+};