Setting custom request header on a page redirect

Question

I have a web application lets call it server1:8080/amcd this application has a setting in it that allows a user to be auto logged in when i pass in a custom request header i

Answer 1

A web page can not set HTTP request headers unless you are making an async request using XMLHttpRequest. In this case you are not, you are doing a redirect, like clicking on an href. Instead of relying on custom headers, depending on your backend use any one of these:

1. Cookies
2. GET variables
3. POST variables