{"id":350,"date":"2017-06-05T11:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/?p=350"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:01:58","slug":"new-feature-custom-http-headers-for-the-pro-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/new-feature-custom-http-headers-for-the-pro-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Feature: Custom HTTP Headers (for the Pro Plan)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uptime Robot, by default, sends all HTTP requests with\u00a0pre-defined HTTP headers.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it is possible to customize this totally with the &#8220;<strong>Custom HTTP Headers&#8221;<\/strong> feature that can be found in the Pro Plan&#8217;s &#8220;Add\/Edit Monitor Dialog&gt;Advanced&gt;Custom Headers&#8221; option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/custom_http_headers.gif\" alt=\"Custom HTTP Headers\" width=\"800\" height=\"643\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Sample use cases:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For monitoring the mobile version of a web page,\u00a0we can use a <strong>mobile &#8220;User-Agent&#8221; header<\/strong> to force the site to serve the mobile content.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0site may be requiring\/expecting various authorization HTTP Headers<\/li>\n<li>We may want to white-label the requests and change the User-Agent to a custom one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope it helps for a better monitoring :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uptime Robot, by default, sends all HTTP requests with\u00a0pre-defined HTTP headers. 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