Hi, I think there is a standard Date header, right? Or perhaps you could use something like X-Request-Time.
I agree, a list of headers would be good. I think the headers they filter are mostly things related to App Engine -- task headers, appid, etc.... Robert On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 01:46, Carter Maslan <car...@maslan.com> wrote: > thanks Robert; X-Forwarded-For is a great suggestion and thanks for > verifying that it's not filtered. > We also need to pass a timestamp representing the start of the client's > request. > So I'm still interested in any Google guidelines on which custom headers are > safe from their filtering generally. > thanks again, > Carter > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Robert Kluin <robert.kl...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi Carter, >> If it is a proxy how about using X-Forwarded-For? I tested using >> curl, it doesn't get filtered. >> >> >> Robert >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:04, Carter <jcmas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Any info on GAE-acceptable names for custom HTTP headers? >> > We can use User-Agent as workaround, but we'd like to know our >> > options. >> > >> > >> > On Jul 27, 3:58 pm, Carter <jcmas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> We have a proxy that needs to send the client's IP address to GAE. >> >> We tried setting acustomHTTPheader of "X-client-ip", but that seems >> >> to get filtered by GAE. >> >> We could include the info in use User-Agent, but that seems hack-ish. >> >> >> >> The doc (http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/runtime.html) >> >> says: >> >> RequestHeaders >> >> "An incomingHTTPrequest includes theHTTPheaderssent by the >> >> client. For security purposes, someheadersare sanitized or amended >> >> by intermediate proxies before they reach the application." >> >> >> >> So whatcustomheader name can we use? >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Google App Engine" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
