EDS Common Headers

Entertainment Discovery Services (EDS) Common Request Headers

Header Name	Description	Required?	Notes
x-xbl-contract-version	EDS Service version	yes	3.2
x-xbl-client-type	Client Type header	yes	Speak to team to get your own Client Type .
x-xbl-client-version	Client Version	yes	Any non-empty string.
x-xbl-parent-ig	Impression guid	yes	Used to track request in logs and across other service calls.
x-xbl-device-type	Device Type	yes	Device that the client is representing .
Accept	Accept type	yes	XML or JSON.
Authorization	Auth Header	yes
x-xbl-autoSuggest-seed-text	Auto suggest seed text	no	Used For BI and relevance
x-xbl-search-term	Search Term	no
x-xbl-input-method	Input method used by user	no	Controller, Speech, Kinect .
x-xbl-kinect-enabled	Kinect enabled	no	Yes/no.
x-xbl-speech-session-id	Speech session ID	no	Whether session was initiated using speech.
x-xbl-client-id	Anonymous Client Id	no	Used for BI reporting and relevance.
x-xbl-device-id	Device ID	no	Used for BI reporting and relevance.
x-xbl-user-agent	Client user agent	no	Used for BI. “<name>/<version> (<OS version>; <platform>; <capability>; <manufacture>; <model>)“.
x-xbl-parent-ig	Previous Impression Guid for “Chained” calls	no (but highly recommended)	Important for BI relevance. For example, a Browse call’s IG is the parent IG for a following up detail call.
delid	Delegate Identity	no	Used by internal services to work on behalf of a user.

Common Response Headers

| Header Name| Description| Required?| Notes| | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cache| Cache Headers| yes| See https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9.| | x-xbl-errors| Errors| no| List of errors from various data providers.| | x-xbl-traceid| Trace Id from logs| yes| Used to trace back the request specific logs.| | x-server-name| Obfuscated name of the server that handles the request.| yes| Used for internal debugging.|

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System API reference

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Entertainment Discovery Services (EDS) Common Request Headers

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