This section shares definitions of proprietary headers that should be named consistently because they address overarching service-related concerns. Whether services support these concerns or not is optional; therefore, the OpenAPI API specification is the right place to make this explicitly visible. Use the parameter definitions of the resource HTTP methods.
| Header field name | Type | Description | Header field value example |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Flow-ID | String | The flow id of the request, which is written into the logs and passed to called services. Helpful for operational troubleshooting and log analysis. | GKY7oDhpSiKY_gAAAABZ_A |
| X-UID | String | Generic user id of OpenId account that owns the passed (OAuth2) access token. E.g. additionally provided by OpenIG proxy after access token validation -- may save additional token validation round trips. | w435-dker-jdh357 |
| X-Tenant-ID | String | The tenant id for future platform multitenancy support. Should not be used unless new platform multitenancy is truly supported. But should be used by New Platform Prototyping services. Must be validated for external retailer, supplier, etc. tenant users via OAuth2; details in clarification. Currently only used by New Platform Prototyping services. | 9f8b3ca3-4be5-436c-a847-9cd55460c495 |
| X-Sales-Channel | String | Sales channels are owned by retailers and represent a specific consumer segment being addressed with a specific product assortment that is offered via CFA retailer catalogs to consumers (see platform glossary [internal link]) | 101 |
| X-Frontend-Type | String | Consumer facing applications (CFAs) provide business experience to their customers via different frontend application types, for instance, mobile app or browser. Info should be passed-through as generic aspect -- there are diverse concerns, e.g. pushing mobiles with specific coupons, that make use of it. Current range is mobile-app, browser, facebook-app, chat-app | mobile-app |
| X-Device-Type | String | There are also use cases for steering customer experience (incl. features and content) depending on device type. Via this header info should be passed-through as generic aspect. Current range is smartphone, tablet, desktop, other | tablet |
| X-Device-OS | String | On top of device type above, we even want to differ between device platform, e.g. smartphone Android vs. iOS. Via this header info should be passed-through as generic aspect. Current range is iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, MacOS | Android |
| X-App-Domain | Integer | The app domain (i.e. shop channel context) of the request. Note, app-domain is a legacy concept that will be replaced in new platform by combinations of main CFA concerns like retailer, sales channel, country | 16 |
Remember that HTTP header field names are not case-sensitive.