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= cowboy_req:headers(3)

== Name

cowboy_req:headers - HTTP headers

== Description

[source,erlang]
----
headers(Req :: cowboy_req:req()) -> cowboy:http_headers()
----

Return all request headers.

Request headers can also be obtained using pattern matching:

[source,erlang]
----
#{headers := Headers} = Req.
----

== Arguments

Req::

The Req object.

== Return value

Headers are returned as a map with keys being lowercase
binary strings, and values as binary strings.

== Changelog

* *2.0*: Only the headers are returned, they are no longer wrapped in a tuple.
* *1.0*: Function introduced.

== Examples

.Get all headers
[source,erlang]
----
Headers = cowboy_req:headers(Req).
----

== See also

link:man:cowboy_req(3)[cowboy_req(3)],
link:man:cowboy_req:header(3)[cowboy_req:header(3)],
link:man:cowboy_req:parse_header(3)[cowboy_req:parse_header(3)]