---
title: "useRequestHeaders"
description: "Use useRequestHeaders to access the incoming request headers."
links:
  - label: Source
    icon: i-simple-icons-github
    to: https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/blob/main/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
    size: xs
---

You can use built-in [`useRequestHeaders`](/docs/api/composables/use-request-headers) composable to access the incoming request headers within your pages, components, and plugins.

```js
// Get all request headers
const headers = useRequestHeaders()

// Get only cookie request header
const headers = useRequestHeaders(['cookie'])
```

::tip
In the browser, `useRequestHeaders` will return an empty object.
::

## Example

We can use `useRequestHeaders` to access and proxy the initial request's `authorization` header to any future internal requests during SSR.

The example below adds the `authorization` request header to an isomorphic `$fetch` call.

```vue [pages/some-page.vue]
<script setup lang="ts">
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/confidential', {
  headers: useRequestHeaders(['authorization'])
})
</script>
```