# Settings › Requests

> 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.

Describes GLLmolfar 0.9.22, checked 2026-11-01. Canonical page: https://www.getlooploop.com/gllmolfar/docs/settings-requests

- **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](https://www.getlooploop.com/images/gllmolfar/docs/settings-requests.webp)

Numbered parts of the screenshot:

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

| Field | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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: user | With a user name set, every request carries an `Authorization: Basic` header made from the user name and the password. | Empty |
| Basic authentication: password | The password for that header. The field hides what you type. | Empty |

> **Where the password lives.** The user name and the password stay in the settings file on this computer. Leave the user name empty to send no `Authorization` header at all.

## States and messages

- **Saved** — the app says: "Settings saved." The new headers and credentials go out with the next crawl.

## Related pages

- [Settings › Crawling](https://www.getlooploop.com/gllmolfar/docs/settings-crawling.md): Settings › Crawling: request speed, connections, the user agent, the timeout, robots.txt, a pause at a CAPTCHA, JavaScript rendering and service pages.
- [Settings › Crawl scope](https://www.getlooploop.com/gllmolfar/docs/settings-scope.md): Settings › Crawl scope: which URLs a crawl may visit — include and exclude patterns, depth, URLs with parameters, subdomains, nofollow and external links.
- [Settings › Storage](https://www.getlooploop.com/gllmolfar/docs/storage.md): Settings › Storage: how much disk the saved crawls, the embedding model and downloaded updates take, per project, and the actions that free it.
- [The crawl screen](https://www.getlooploop.com/gllmolfar/docs/crawl-screen.md): What 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.