Headers.getAll

The getAll() method of the Headers interface used to return an array of all the values of a header within a Headers object with a given name; in newer versions of the Fetch spec, it has been deleted, and Headers.get() has been updated to fetch all header values instead of only the first one.

If the requested header doesn't exist in the Headers object, it returns an empty array.

For security reasons, some headers can only be controller by the user agent. These headers include the forbidden header names and forbidden response header names.

Syntax

myHeaders.getAll(name);

Parameters

name

The name of the HTTP header whose values you want to retrieve from the Headers object. If the given name is not the name of an HTTP header, this method throws a TypeError.

Returns

An Array containing a ByteString sequence representing the values of the retrieved header.

Example

Creating an empty Headers object is simple:

var myHeaders = new Headers(); // Currently empty

You could add a header to this using Headers.append, then retrieve it using getAll():

myHeaders.append('Content-Type', 'image/jpeg');
myHeaders.getAll('Content-Type'); // Returns [ "image/jpeg" ]

If the header has multiple values associated with it, the array will contain all the values, in the order they were added to the Headers object:

myHeaders.append('Accept-Encoding', 'deflate');
myHeaders.append('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip');
myHeaders.getAll('Accept-Encoding'); // Returns [ "deflate", "gzip" ]

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Fetch The definition of 'getAll()' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

See also

• ServiceWorker API
• HTTP access control (CORS)
• HTTP