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diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt index 18b8f665a5..fcf4523218 100644 --- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt +++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt @@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ All attributes except ``session`` should be considered read-only. * ``SERVER_NAME`` -- The hostname of the server. * ``SERVER_PORT`` -- The port of the server. + With the exception of ``CONTENT_LENGTH`` and ``CONTENT_TYPE``, as given + above, any HTTP headers in the request are converted to ``META`` keys by + converting all characters to uppercase, replacing any hyphens with + underscores and adding an ``HTTP_`` prefix to the name. So, for example, a + header called ``X-Bender`` would be mapped to the ``META`` key + ``HTTP_X_BENDER``. + .. attribute:: HttpRequest.user A ``django.contrib.auth.models.User`` object representing the currently |