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Guida Completa agli Header HTTP

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Gli header HTTP sono la spina dorsale invisibile del web. Questa guida copre gli header di richiesta, gli header di risposta, gli header di sicurezza e la configurazione CORS.

Header di richiesta essenziali

Gli header di richiesta sono inviati dal client al server e trasportano metadati sulla richiesta.

// Common HTTP Request Headers

GET /api/users HTTP/1.1
Host: api.example.com
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...
Accept: application/json
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Content-Type: application/json
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7)
Cache-Control: no-cache
If-None-Match: "33a64df551425fcc55e4d42a148795d9f25f89d"
If-Modified-Since: Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT
Origin: https://myapp.com
Referer: https://myapp.com/dashboard
X-Request-ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

// Setting headers with fetch API
const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/users', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Request-ID': crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
});

Header di sicurezza HTTP

Gli header di sicurezza proteggono gli utenti da XSS, clickjacking e attacchi man-in-the-middle.

// Essential Security Headers for Express.js
import express from 'express';

const app = express();

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  // Prevent XSS attacks
  res.setHeader('X-XSS-Protection', '1; mode=block');

  // Prevent MIME type sniffing
  res.setHeader('X-Content-Type-Options', 'nosniff');

  // Prevent clickjacking
  res.setHeader('X-Frame-Options', 'DENY');

  // Force HTTPS for 1 year (include subdomains)
  res.setHeader(
    'Strict-Transport-Security',
    'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload'
  );

  // Content Security Policy
  res.setHeader(
    'Content-Security-Policy',
    [
      "default-src 'self'",
      "script-src 'self' 'nonce-{RANDOM}' https://cdn.example.com",
      "style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
      "img-src 'self' data: https:",
      "font-src 'self'",
      "connect-src 'self' https://api.example.com",
      "frame-ancestors 'none'",
    ].join('; ')
  );

  // Control referrer information
  res.setHeader('Referrer-Policy', 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin');

  // Control browser features
  res.setHeader(
    'Permissions-Policy',
    'camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(self)'
  );

  next();
});

CORS: Condivisione di risorse tra origini diverse

CORS consente ai server di specificare quali origini possono accedere alle loro risorse.

// CORS Configuration โ€” Express.js

import cors from 'cors';

// Simple CORS for public API
app.use(cors({
  origin: '*',
  methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'],
}));

// Strict CORS for production
const allowedOrigins = [
  'https://myapp.com',
  'https://www.myapp.com',
  process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'http://localhost:3000' : null,
].filter(Boolean);

app.use(cors({
  origin: (origin, callback) => {
    // Allow requests with no origin (mobile apps, curl, etc.)
    if (!origin) return callback(null, true);

    if (allowedOrigins.includes(origin)) {
      callback(null, true);
    } else {
      callback(new Error(`CORS: Origin ${origin} not allowed`));
    }
  },
  methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'],
  allowedHeaders: ['Content-Type', 'Authorization', 'X-Request-ID'],
  exposedHeaders: ['X-Total-Count', 'X-RateLimit-Remaining'],
  credentials: true,       // Allow cookies
  maxAge: 86400,           // Cache preflight for 24 hours
}));

// Manual preflight handling
app.options('*', cors()); // Enable pre-flight across all routes

Header di caching

Gli header di caching corretti migliorano notevolmente le prestazioni riutilizzando le risposte.

// HTTP Caching Headers

// 1. Cache-Control directives
Cache-Control: no-store          // Never cache (sensitive data)
Cache-Control: no-cache          // Revalidate before using cache
Cache-Control: private           // Browser cache only (not CDN)
Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000  // Cache for 1 year (immutable assets)
Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600, stale-while-revalidate=60

// 2. ETag for conditional requests (server generates a hash of the content)
ETag: "33a64df551425fcc55e4d42a148795d9f25f89d"
// Client sends back on subsequent requests:
If-None-Match: "33a64df551425fcc55e4d42a148795d9f25f89d"
// Server responds 304 Not Modified if unchanged

// 3. Last-Modified
Last-Modified: Thu, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT
If-Modified-Since: Thu, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT

// Setting cache headers in Next.js
export async function GET() {
  return new Response(JSON.stringify(data), {
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600, stale-while-revalidate=60',
      'ETag': `"${hash(data)}"`,
    },
  });
}

// Strategy by asset type:
// HTML pages:     Cache-Control: no-cache (always revalidate)
// CSS/JS bundles: Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable
// API responses:  Cache-Control: private, no-cache
// Images:         Cache-Control: public, max-age=86400

Domande frequenti

Qual รจ la differenza tra Authorization e Authentication?

HTTP non ha un header di autenticazione dedicato. Le credenziali vengono inviate tramite l'header Authorization.

Perchรฉ il mio preflight CORS fallisce?

Le richieste OPTIONS di preflight falliscono quando il server non restituisce gli header Access-Control-Allow-* corretti.

Cos'รจ l'header Content-Security-Policy?

CSP รจ un potente header di sicurezza che indica al browser quali fonti di contenuto sono attendibili.

Come faccio a forzare HTTPS con gli header HTTP?

Usa l'header Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) con max-age=31536000.

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