Header-Editor

Alter your HTTP request headers on the fly

What is Header-Editor?

Header-Editor is a versatile Chrome extension that provides users with the ability to create and modify HTTP Request Headers within their Chrome browsers. With permissions for webRequest, webRequestBlocking, and all URLs, it ensures the headers are modified before being dispatched. Though response headers are not visible in the Network Inspector, they are indeed provided in your code. Get real-time control over your browsing requests with Header-Editor.

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Extension stats

By: 67726e

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 6,000+

Rating: 3.65 (17)

Version: 2.2.0 (Last updated: 2015-04-13)

Creation date: 2015-04-13

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
<all_urls>

Size: 134.14K

Ranking

# 12504 ▲ 13

Other rankings

#3009 in Developer Tools ▲ 7 #18 in header keyword 31 ▲ 2 #115 in editor keyword 44 ▲ 7

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Header-Editor is an extension that will allow you to create and use arbitrary HTTP headers in Chrome.

The following permissions are needed for Header-Editor to run:

webRequest - Used to access the requests being sent out.
webRequestBlocking - So that headers are modified before being sent.
<all_urls> - All URLs are asked for since the extension cannot know ahead of time where it will be needed.

Note: Response headers do not appear in the Network Inspector, however they are supplied to your code. For more details, see:

User reviews

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Pros

Easy to use
Works perfectly for request headers
Useful functionality like automatic image naming
Allows Chrome to display in different languages without affecting web language
Clean interface

Cons

Unable to remove original header values
Popup design is not ergonomic
Response headers do not function as expected
Users may need to restart the browser for changes to take effect
Some users find it non-functional or useless

Most mentioned

Works for request headers but not response headers
Issues with altering header values
Helpful for language settings

Recent reviews

Unable to remove the original header value from the original request / response, and the popup design is not very ergonomic.

Arnie97, 2022-10-15

This how to view response headers: var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.open('GET', document.location, false); req.send(null); var headers = req.getAllResponseHeaders().toLowerCase(); alert(headers);