Merge pull request #2327 from bopace/http-header-docs

[MRG+1] Added documentation about accessing header values
scrapy · Oct 20, 2016 · 871eec9 · 871eec9
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diff --git a/docs/topics/request-response.rst b/docs/topics/request-response.rst
@@ -507,7 +507,13 @@ Response objects
 
     .. attribute:: Response.headers
 
-        A dictionary-like object which contains the response headers.
+        A dictionary-like object which contains the response headers. Values can
+        be accessed using :meth:`get` to return the first header value with the
+        specified name or :meth:`getlist` to return all header values with the
+        specified name. For example, this call will give you all cookies in the
+        headers::
+
+            response.headers.getlist('Set-Cookie')
 
     .. attribute:: Response.body