When you see the message “ignoring header x-firebase-locale because its value was null” in a query, it means that the header field “x-firebase-locale” was included in the request, but its value was found to be null (empty).
Headers in HTTP requests are used to provide additional information about the request. In this case, “x-firebase-locale” is a custom header used by the Firebase service to handle localized responses. However, since the value of this header is null, it is being ignored by the server.
Here’s an example to better illustrate the situation:
POST /api/some-endpoint HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
x-firebase-locale: //<-- value is null
Content-Type: application/json
{"data": "example"}
In the above example, the "x-firebase-locale" header is included in the request, but its value is empty (null). As a result, the server will likely ignore this header and not consider any localization handling for the response.
It's important to ensure that the header values are properly set to the expected data type and are not empty/null when communicating with a server or service that relies on those header fields.