by default node.js sends headers in lowercase. by spec, HTTP headers are 
caseless. if someone does not treat them that way you email them and ask them 
why they suck at HTTP.

On Dec 1, 2012, at December 1, 20124:50 PM, Dan Milon <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> AFAIK outgoing headers are not lowercased. Do you have a test case?
> 
> danmilon.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Cristian Bullokles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Looks like this change stills in v0.8.15 of node.js, I'm trying to
>> authenticate to an OAuth provider and I've the same problem. My provider is
>> not able to recognize the authorization header.
>> Do we have a fix for that issue?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:43:56 PM UTC-3, Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote:
>>> 
>>> A recent update changed how client request headers are sent to force all
>>> headers to lowercase. This is causing problems with some well-established
>>> (and non-compliant) servers which look for specific case-sensitive
>>> formatting. My application is now failing on both the 'Authorization' and
>>> 'Cookie' headers with some large providers.
>>> 
>>> I see the value in changing incoming headers to lowercase, but it would be
>>> better to leave outbound headers alone and allow applications to set the
>>> headers to the exact format expected by the server in case of a misbehaving
>>> provider.
>>> 
>>> Can this be changed back?
>>> 
>>> EHL
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