# Tapping into Tailscale's identity headers with Serve

DevFeed: [Tapping into Tailscale's identity headers with Serve](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tapping-into-tailscale-s-identity-headers-with-serve-31210.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tailscale.dev/blog/id-headers-tailscale-serve-flask>)

Author: Parker Higgins, Sonia Appasamy

Published: 2023-07-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tailscale Community](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tailscale-community.md>)

Topics: [tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tailscale.md>), [proxy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proxy.md>)

Tags: [content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/content.md>), [flask](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flask.md>), [funnel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funnel.md>), [headers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/headers.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [proxy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxy.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [serve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serve.md>), [tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tailscale.md>), [tailscale-serve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tailscale-serve.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use identity headers from Tailscale Serve when proxying requests, allowing an application to change the content it serves.

## Source excerpt

When you use Tailscale serve to proxy requests, you can use its identity headers to change what content you serve.