Headers

The Edgemesh API accepts and provides various headers on top of the basic HTTP Headers.

The headers outlined below are the subset that manipulate and describe responses.

Request Headers

Request headers allow you to specify how you want to send and receive data.

string

The content type of the response body.

X-API-Key

string

The API Key to authenticate the request with.

Response Headers

Response headers describe the response and define how requests traverse through the Edgemesh backend.

Content-Type

string

The content type of the response body.

X-Powered-By

string

The service the request is responded to by. Value is always `Edgemesh Corporation`.

X-Request-ID

string

The ID of the request. This is used by Edgemesh support to trace requests.

X-API-Gateway

string

The API Gateway the request traversed through. This is used by Edgemesh support to trace requests.

Content Types

application/json	JSON encoded data. This is the default.
application/octet-stream	Msgpack encoded binary data.
text/csv	CSV encoded text.
text/plain	Plain text. This is only applicable for some routes.

Request Headers

1curl https://api.edgemesh.com/2022-08/health /
2  -H 'Accept: application/json' /
3  -H 'X-API-Key: EM-0000000-0000000-0000000-0000000'

Response Headers

1{
2  "Content-Type": "application/json",
3  "X-Powered-By": "Edgemesh Corporation",
4  "X-Request-ID": "6364572f-0cbf-4045-a2f4-a81b8f671096",
5  "X-API-Gateway": "stable-api-1-547bf9b4b-bs2b2-20"
6}