HTTP headers — Integrity digests
{{HTTPHeader("Content-Digest")}} {{experimental_inline}} : Provides a {{Glossary("hash function", "digest")}} of the stream of octets framed in an HTTP message (the message content) dependent on {{HTTPHeader("Content-Encoding")}} and {{HTTPHeader("Content-Range")}}.
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{{HTTPHeader("Content-Digest")}} {{experimental_inline}} : Provides a {{Glossary("hash function", "digest")}} of the stream of octets framed in an HTTP message (the message content) dependent on {{HTTPHeader("Content-Encoding")}} and {{HTTPHeader("Content-Range")}}. {{HTTPHeader("Repr-Digest")}} {{experimental_inline}} : Provides a {{Glossary("hash function", "digest")}} of the selected representation of the target resource before transmission. Unlike the {{HTTPHeader("Content-Digest")}}, the digest does not consider {{HTTPHeader("Content-Encoding")}} or {{HTTPHeader("Content-Range")}}. {{HTTPHeader("Want-Content-Digest")}} {{experimental_inline}} : States the wish for a {{HTTPHeader("Content-Digest")}} header. It is the Content- analogue of {{HTTPHeader("Want-Repr-Digest")}}. {{HTTPHeader("Want-Repr-Digest")}} {{experimental_inline}} : States the wish for a {{HTTPHeader("Repr-Digest")}}
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