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authorGravatar Carl Mastrangelo <notcarl@google.com>2015-09-11 14:55:34 -0700
committerGravatar Carl Mastrangelo <notcarl@google.com>2015-09-11 14:55:34 -0700
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Update Header Field name rules
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@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ Request-Headers are delivered as HTTP2 headers in HEADERS + CONTINUATION frames.
* **User-Agent** → “user-agent” {_structured user-agent string_}
* **Message-Type** → “grpc-message-type” {_type name for message schema_}
* **Custom-Metadata** → Binary-Header / ASCII-Header
-* **Binary-Header** → {lowercase ASCII header name ending in “-bin” } {_base64 encoded value_}
-* **ASCII-Header** → {lowercase ASCII header name} {_value_}
+* **Binary-Header** → {Header-Name “-bin” } {_base64 encoded value_}
+* **ASCII-Header** → Header-Name {_value_}
+* **Header-Name** → 1*( %x30-39 / %x41-5A / “_” / “-”)
HTTP2 requires that reserved headers, ones starting with “:” appear before all other headers. Additionally implementations should send **Timeout** immediately after the reserved headers and they should send the **Call-Definition** headers before sending **Custom-Metadata**.