# Reading HTML headers in AS3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-html-headers-in-as3/315875>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 6, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-html-headers-in-as3/315875 "2010-11-06T12:24:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-html-headers-in-as3/315875/1 "2010-11-06T12:24:01Z")

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Is it possible to read HTML headers in AS3?  
The header contains the following meta tag:

```auto
<meta name="language" content="en-GB" scheme="rfc1766" />

```

The idea is to extract the following code into a variable to control the language in the swf

```auto
content="en-GB"

```

Is this possible in AS3?