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Modifying Request Headers in Middleware

Learn to add/update/delete request headers in a middleware.

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  • vercel
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  • examples
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  • Edge Middleware
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  • Next.js
  • Tailwind
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Add Header Example

Below is the code from middleware.ts showing how to add/update/delete headers in a middleware (available since Next.js v13.0.0):

import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
export default function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
// Clone the request headers
// You can modify them with headers API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers
const requestHeaders = new Headers(request.headers)
// Add new request headers
requestHeaders.set('x-hello-from-middleware1', 'hello')
requestHeaders.set('x-hello-from-middleware2', 'world!')
// Update an existing request header
requestHeaders.set('user-agent', 'New User Agent overriden by middleware!')
// Delete an existing request header
requestHeaders.delete('x-from-client')
// You can also set request headers in NextResponse.rewrite
return NextResponse.next({
request: {
// New request headers
headers: requestHeaders,
},
})
}

Demo

https://edge-middleware-modify-request-header.vercel.app

How to Use

You can choose from one of the following two methods to use this repository:

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Deploy the example using Edgenivo:

Clone and Deploy

Execute create-next-app with pnpm to bootstrap the example:

pnpm create next-app --example https://github.com/vercel/examples/tree/main/edge-middleware/modify-request-header modify-request-header

Next, run Next.js in development mode:

pnpm dev

Deploy it to the cloud with Edgenivo (Documentation).

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