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GetProfile

Content Negotiation obsoleted

A reference entry. The registry facts and catalog measurements below are complete; the written guidance for this header has not been authored yet.

The GetProfile HTTP header — content negotiation, not observed in the catalog.

GetProfile is content negotiation — Headers through which client and server agree on representation: media type, language, encoding, character set.

The registry

Listed in the IANA HTTP Field Name Registry as marked obsoleted in the registry — it should not appear in new work. Defined in Implementation of OPS Over HTTP.

In the catalog

Registered with IANA and declared by not one of the 26,641 providers in the API Evangelist catalog. A registered field with no observed use is still part of the vocabulary — it just is not part of the practice.

Governed by these rules

Machine-enforceable governance rules from rules.apievangelist.com that apply to this header when it appears in an OpenAPI.

OpenAPI Components Headers Error error

Utilizing the headers object in the centralized OpenAPI components library helps make headers reusable across API requests and responses

Guidance: Rate Limits →
OpenAPI Components Headers Info info

Utilizing the headers object in the centralized OpenAPI components library helps make headers reusable across API requests and responses

Guidance: Rate Limits →
OpenAPI Headers Hyphenated Pascal Case error

HTTP headers should follow Hyphenated-Pascal-Case naming convention for consistency and readability, such as Content-Type, X-Request-Id, or Accept-Language.

Guidance: Naming →