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Make access to the HTTP Request Headers easier

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Start by locating the XML-RPC server code that invokes the request callback and inspect how the original HTTP request is passed as the final argument. The change is complete when HTTP headers are exposed as a simple object immediately before that request argument, with the callback behavior documented or verified by the repository's existing checks.

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Description

At the moment, the callback executed when a XML-RPC Server receives a request exposes the original request object as its last argument. That is very useful, but it adds a bit of friction when attempting to access HTTP Request Headers. It would be great if the headers could be added to that callback as another argument before the original final HTTP Request argument. Ideally the headers could be exposed as a simple object.

My reasoning for wanting easy access to them is because they help with developing authentication workflows.

Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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