headers
| Rivet Tcl Commands and Variables |

## Name

headers — set and parse HTTP headers.

## Synopsis

::rivet::headers (set | redirect | add | type | numeric)

## Description

The headers command is for setting and parsing HTTP headers.

::rivet::headers set ?`headername`? ?`value`?
  Set arbitrary header names and values.
::rivet::headers redirect ?`uri`?
  Redirect from the current page to a new URI. Must be done in the first block of TCL code.
::rivet::headers add ?`headername`? ?`value`?
  Add text to header `headername`.
::rivet::headers type ?`content-type`?
  This command sets the `Content-type` header returned by the script, which is useful if you wish to send content other than HTML with Rivet - PNG or jpeg images, for example.
::rivet::headers numeric ?`response code`?
  Set a numeric response code, such as 200, 404 or 500.

escape_string |  | html