Common Message Headers

Common request header fields

Table 1 describes common request headers.

**Table 1** Common request header fields
Field	Description	Mandatory	Example
Content-Type	Request body type or format. Its default value is application/json.	Yes	application/json
Content-Length	Specifies the length of the request body. The unit is byte.	No	3495
X-Language	Request language	No	en_us
X-Auth-Token	Specifies a user token. The user token is the value returned by the API used to obtain a user token. This API is the only API that does not require authentication. The token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header.	This field is mandatory for token authentication.	The following is part of an example token: MIIPAgYJKoZIhvcNAQcCo...ggg1BBIINPXsidG9rZ
Authorization	Authentication information. When AK/SK authentication is enabled, this field is automatically specified when SDK is used to sign the request.	This field is mandatory for AK/SK-based authentication.	None
X-Sdk-Date	Time when the request is sent. The format is YYYYMMDD'T'HHMMSS'Z'. The value is the current GMT time of the system. When AK/SK authentication is enabled, this field is automatically specified when SDK is used to sign the request.	This field is mandatory for AK/SK-based authentication.	20150907T101459Z
Host	Specifies the server domain name and port number of the resources being requested. The value can be obtained from the URL of the service API. The value is in the format of hostname[:port]. If the port number is not specified, the default port is used. The default port number for HTTPS is 443.	This field is mandatory for AK/SK-based authentication.	code.test.com or code.test.com:443
X-Project-Id	Subproject ID. Obtain the project ID by following the instructions in Project ID and Account ID.	This field is mandatory for calling service APIs that use AK/SK authentication in subprojects.	e9993fc787d94b6c886cbaa340f9c0f4
X-Domain-ID	Domain ID. Obtain the domain ID by following the instructions in Project ID and Account ID.	This field is mandatory for calling global APIs that use AK/SK authentication.	0a2f5e28af00f3850f31c00f31e884e0
workspace	Workspace ID. For details about how to obtain it, see Instance ID and Workspace ID.	You do not need to set this field when calling a CDM or DIS API. This field is mandatory when there are multiple DataArts Studio instances during a call to a DataArts Factory API. This field is optional when there is only one DataArts instance. This field is optional when there is only one DataArts Studio instance. If this field is not specified, data in the default workspace is queried by default. To query data in other workspaces, include this field in the request header. This header is mandatory for calling the APIs of other modules. Otherwise, API calls will fail.	d1cd7861478748a6925bc02f47c69279
X-Dlm-Type	DataArts DataService edition, which is Exclusive	This parameter is mandatory for calling DataArts DataService APIs.	EXCLUSIVE: exclusive edition