fastapi/docs/tutorial/header-params.md

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You can define Header parameters the same way you define `Query`, `Path` and `Cookie` parameters.
## Import `Header`
First import `Header`:
```Python hl_lines="1"
{!./src/header_params/tutorial001.py!}
```
## Declare `Header` parameters
Then declare the header parameters using the same structure as with `Path`, `Query` and `Cookie`.
The first value is the default value, you can pass all the extra validation or annotation parameters:
```Python hl_lines="7"
{!./src/header_params/tutorial001.py!}
```
!!! note "Technical Details"
`Header` is a "sister" class of `Path`, `Query` and `Cookie`. It also inherits from the same common `Param` class.
But remember that when you import `Query`, `Path`, `Header`, and others from `fastapi`, <a href="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/path-params-numeric-validations/#recap" target="_blank">those are actually functions that return classes of the same name</a>.
!!! info
To declare headers, you need to use `Header`, because otherwise the parameters would be interpreted as query parameters.
## Automatic conversion
`Header` has a little extra functionality on top of what `Path`, `Query` and `Cookie` provide.
Most of the standard headers are separated by a "hyphen" character, also known as the "minus symbol" (`-`).
But a variable like `user-agent` is invalid in Python.
So, by default, `Header` will convert the parameter names characters from underscore (`_`) to hyphen (`-`) to extract and document the headers.
Also, HTTP headers are case-insensitive, so, you can declare them with standard Python style (also known as "snake_case").
So, you can use `user_agent` as you normally would in Python code, instead of needing to capitalize the first letters as `User_Agent` or something similar.
If for some reason you need to disable automatic conversion of underscores to hyphens, set the parameter `convert_underscores` of `Header` to `False`:
```Python hl_lines="7"
{!./src/header_params/tutorial002.py!}
```
!!! warning
Before setting `convert_underscores` to `False`, bear in mind that some HTTP proxies and servers disallow the usage of headers with underscores.
## Duplicate headers
It is possible to receive duplicate headers. That means, the same header with multiple values.
You can define those cases using a list in the type declaration.
You will receive all the values from the duplicate header as a Python `list`.
For example, to declare a header of `X-Token` that can appear more than once, you can write:
```Python hl_lines="9"
{!./src/header_params/tutorial003.py!}
```
If you communicate with that *path operation* sending two HTTP headers like:
```
X-Token: foo
X-Token: bar
```
The response would be like:
```JSON
{
"X-Token values": [
"bar",
"foo"
]
}
```
## Recap
Declare headers with `Header`, using the same common pattern as `Query`, `Path` and `Cookie`.
And don't worry about underscores in your variables, **FastAPI** will take care of converting them.