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request attributes for Node.js

Seba-Gadrid — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:52:18 GMT

What are the alternatives to request attributes for Node.js?
In the header they use a JSON Web Token, from which I could extract information after decoding it. Will this be possible with attributes?

Re: request attributes for Node.js

RohitBisht — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:16:36 GMT

Hi @Seba-Gadrid ,

It is possible to set request attributes using HTTP headers. here is information from the document.
https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/request-attributes-web-requests#request-attribute-sources-for-web-requests

Technology-independent sources, such as:

HTTP POST parameters
Client IP addresses
The value of the first matching header is reported.
HTTP request and response headers
Web request URL or one of its constituents, like the path or a query parameter

In the last two cases, you can also choose the side of the web request on which to capture and store the attribute.

Re: request attributes for Node.js

Seba-Gadrid — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:07:00 GMT

Hello @RohitBisht

The information I need comes in a bearer token, will it be possible to extract it from there?

Re: request attributes for Node.js

RohitBisht — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:02:14 GMT

Ideally we should be able to capture as request headers are supported. Best is to test it out.