werkzeug.EnvironHeaders.get

EnvironHeaders.get(key, default=None, type=None, as_bytes=False)

Return the default value if the requested data doesn’t exist. If type is provided and is a callable it should convert the value, return it or raise a ValueError if that is not possible. In this case the function will return the default as if the value was not found:

>>> d = Headers([('Content-Length', '42')])
>>> d.get('Content-Length', type=int)
42

If a headers object is bound you must not add unicode strings because no encoding takes place.

New in version 0.9: Added support for as_bytes.

Parameters:
  • key – The key to be looked up.
  • default – The default value to be returned if the key can’t be looked up. If not further specified None is returned.
  • type – A callable that is used to cast the value in the Headers. If a ValueError is raised by this callable the default value is returned.
  • as_bytes – return bytes instead of unicode strings.