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Document common usage

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
50/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the crate-level documentation and the HeaderMapExt trait referenced in the issue. Document the common HeaderMapExt usage with the HeaderMap and Upgrade example, and ensure the trait itself is documented. Done means users can find and understand the normal typed-header workflow without trial and error.

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Description

The documentation for the crate does not specify what is the common way to use this crate - it only explains how to extend it for new headers.

It took a bit of trial and error until I finally found the trait HeaderMapExt. And even that trait isn't documented.

The documentation should have something like:

use headers::HeaderMapExt;

let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
headers.typed_insert(Upgrade::websocket());
let ws = headers.typed_get::<Upgrade>();
Dominant language
Rust
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Forks
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