From c39ce5114a505cf17dc2f1415c5d7ca3fc36f040 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrey Kislyuk Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:19:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.rst --- README.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 124407f..240db5a 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ requests-http-signature: A Requests auth module for HTTP Signature ================================================================== **requests-http-signature** is a `Requests `_ `authentication plugin `_ (``requests.auth.AuthBase`` subclass) implementing -the `IETF HTTP Message Signatures draft RFC `_. +the `IETF HTTP Message Signatures draft standard `_. Installation ------------ @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ By default, only the ``Date`` header and the ``@method``, ``@authority``, and `` identifiers are signed for body-less requests such as GET. The ``Date`` header is set if it is absent. In addition, the ``Authorization`` header is signed if it is present, and for requests with bodies (such as POST), the ``Content-Digest`` header is set to the SHA256 of the request body using the format described in the -`IETF Digest Fields draft RFC `_ and signed. +`IETF Digest Fields draft `_ and signed. To add other headers to the signature, pass an array of header names in the ``covered_component_ids`` keyword argument. See the `API documentation `_ for the full list of options and details.