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Representation Metadata

Headers describing the payload itself — its type, length, encoding, disposition, location.

33 headers, ordered by how many providers in the catalog declare them.

Content-Type 353 providers 3 spellings

What the payload actually is. Second-most-declared header in the catalog and a routine source of interoperability failure.

Location 272 providers 2 spellings

The Location HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 272 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Link 98 providers 2 spellings

Relationships in a header rather than a body. Underused, and the quiet workhorse of pagination and deprecation notices.

Content-Disposition 96 providers 2 spellings

Whether the payload is rendered or saved, and what it is called. A quiet injection surface.

Content-Length 62 providers 2 spellings

The Content-Length HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 62 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

X-WP-TotalPages 55 providers

The X-WP-TotalPages HTTP header — representation metadata, declared by 55 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

X-WP-Total 55 providers

The X-WP-Total HTTP header — representation metadata, declared by 55 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

X-Total-Count 40 providers 2 spellings

The X-Total-Count HTTP header — representation metadata, declared by 40 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Content-Encoding 39 providers 2 spellings

The Content-Encoding HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 39 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Range 36 providers 2 spellings

The Range HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 36 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Date 35 providers 2 spellings

The Date HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 35 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Content-Range 17 providers 2 spellings

The Content-Range HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 17 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Content-Language 16 providers regulated 2 spellings

The Content-Language HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 16 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Content-MD5 11 providers 2 spellings

The Content-MD5 HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 2616, declared by 11 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Server 10 providers

The Server HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 10 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Allow 6 providers 2 spellings

The Allow HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 6 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Accept-Ranges 6 providers

The Accept-Ranges HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9110, declared by 6 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

OData-EntityId 4 providers

The OData-EntityId HTTP header — representation metadata, declared by 4 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Label 3 providers

The Label HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 3253, declared by 3 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

SLUG 1 providers

The SLUG HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 5023, declared by 1 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Position 1 providers

The Position HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 3648, declared by 1 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

URI

The URI HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 2068, not observed in the catalog.

Schedule-Reply

The Schedule-Reply HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 6638, not observed in the catalog.

ProfileObject

The ProfileObject HTTP header — representation metadata, not observed in the catalog.

Ordering-Type

The Ordering-Type HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 3648, not observed in the catalog.

Link-Template

The Link-Template HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 9652, not observed in the catalog.

Default-Style

The Default-Style HTTP header — representation metadata, not observed in the catalog.

Content-Style-Type

The Content-Style-Type HTTP header — representation metadata, not observed in the catalog.

Content-Script-Type

The Content-Script-Type HTTP header — representation metadata, not observed in the catalog.

Content-ID

The Content-ID HTTP header — representation metadata, not observed in the catalog.

Content-Base

The Content-Base HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 2068, not observed in the catalog.

CalDAV-Timezones

The CalDAV-Timezones HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 7809, not observed in the catalog.

Cal-Managed-ID

The Cal-Managed-ID HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 8607, not observed in the catalog.