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Settings › Requests

Describes GLLmolfar 0.9.22current release 0.9.23 · checked 1 Nov 2026

What GLLmolfar adds to each request it sends. Extra headers, such as a language, and a user name and password for a site that asks for Basic authentication.

Where
Settings › Requests
Mode
Simple and Pro
Stored
In the settings file on this computer
Changes
From the next crawl

On the screen

Settings › Requests in GLLmolfar: a box for extra HTTP headers and two fields for Basic authentication
real screenshotProject getlooploop.com. Other sites and brands on screen are replaced with neutral names.

  1. Sections. The Settings sections. Requests is the fourth.

  2. Extra HTTP headers. One header per line, as Name: value.

  3. Basic authentication. A user name and a password for a site behind a password.

  4. Where it is kept. For staging sites behind a password. Kept on this computer only, in the settings file.

  5. When it applies. Crawl and embedding settings apply to the next crawl.

  6. Cancel and Save. Nothing changes until Save.

Fields

FieldWhat it doesDefault
Extra HTTP headers (Name: value)Each line becomes one header on every request of the crawl. The name is the text before the first colon, the value the text after it. A line without a colon is ignored. Example: Accept-Language: uk.Empty
Basic authentication: userWith a user name set, every request carries an Authorization: Basic header made from the user name and the password.Empty
Basic authentication: passwordThe password for that header. The field hides what you type.Empty

States and messages

SavedSettings saved.

The new headers and credentials go out with the next crawl.

Related pages

Settings › CrawlingSettings › Crawling: request speed, connections, the user agent, the timeout, robots.txt, a pause at a CAPTCHA, JavaScript rendering and service pages.Settings › Crawl scopeSettings › Crawl scope: which URLs a crawl may visit — include and exclude patterns, depth, URLs with parameters, subdomains, nofollow and external links.Settings › StorageSettings › Storage: how much disk the saved crawls, the embedding model and downloaded updates take, per project, and the actions that free it.The crawl screenWhat GLLmolfar shows while a crawl runs: four stages, the crawl and fragment cards, robots.txt rules, the run charts, the last pages read and CAPTCHA pauses.