# useRequestFetch > Forward the request context and headers for server-side fetch requests with the useRequestFetch composable. You can use `useRequestFetch` to forward the request context and headers when making server-side fetch requests. When making a client-side fetch request, the browser automatically sends the necessary headers. However, when making a request during server-side rendering, due to security considerations, we need to forward the headers manually. Headers that are **not meant to be forwarded** will **not be included** in the request. These headers include, for example: `transfer-encoding`, `connection`, `keep-alive`, `upgrade`, `expect`, `host`, `accept` The [`useFetch`](/docs/4.x/api/composables/use-fetch) composable uses `useRequestFetch` under the hood to automatically forward the request context and headers.

```vue [app/pages/index.vue] ``` ```ts [server/api/cookies.ts] export default defineEventHandler((event) => { const cookies = parseCookies(event) return { cookies } }) ```

In the browser during client-side navigation, `useRequestFetch` will behave just like regular [`$fetch`](/docs/4.x/api/utils/dollarfetch). --- - [Source](https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/blob/main/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts)