# Avoid x-dreamfactory-application-name header in POST requests

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/avoid-x-dreamfactory-application-name-header-in-post-requests/1675>\
**Category:** Authentication & Security\
**Created:** [October 28, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/avoid-x-dreamfactory-application-name-header-in-post-requests/1675 "2015-10-28T13:33:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![manu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/manu/32/277_2.png) [@manu](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/manu)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/avoid-x-dreamfactory-application-name-header-in-post-requests/1675/1 "2015-10-28T13:33:17Z")

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Hi,  
Asynchronously, like a push, I am looking to receive some information in the DB service, via POST, in the free hosted DSP from another API where I am only a consumer, with no control whatsoever. Therefore, I was wondering if it is somehow possible to avoid specifying the x-dreamfactory-application-name header, using a Guest User role.

Or if you have any suggestion, that would be really appreciated.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![manu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/manu/32/277_2.png) [@manu](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/manu)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/avoid-x-dreamfactory-application-name-header-in-post-requests/1675/2 "2015-10-28T13:35:50Z")

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Sorry, I have just found that I can specify ?app\_name= in the url to do this.

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**Author:** ![jeffreystables](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/jeffreystables/32/173_2.png) [@jeffreystables](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/jeffreystables)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/avoid-x-dreamfactory-application-name-header-in-post-requests/1675/3 "2015-10-28T14:46:17Z")

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Update for all: @manu must be supporting an app on legacy DreamFactory 1.x because in 2.0 these values are `X-DreamFactory-Api-Key` for the HTTP header and `api_key=` for the URL parameter. Documentation of this change in 2.0 will be [here](https://wiki.dreamfactory.com/DreamFactory/API).