def get_header_items(self):
        """
        Get an iterable list of key/value pairs representing headers.

        This function provides Python 2/3 compatibility as related to the
        parsing of request headers. Python 2.7 is not compliant with
        RFC 3875 Section 4.1.18 which requires multiple values for headers
        to be provided. This function will return a matching list regardless
        of Python version. It can be removed once Python 2.7 support
        is dropped.

        :return: List of tuples containing header hey/value pairs
        """
        if PY2:
            # For Python 2, process the headers manually according to
            # W3C RFC 2616 Section 4.2.
            items = []
            for header in self.headers.headers:
                # Remove "\n\r" from the header and split on ":" to get
                # the field name and value.
                key, value = header[0:-2].split(":", 1)
                # Add the key and the value once stripped of leading
                # white space. The specification allows for stripping
                # trailing white space but the Python 3 code does not
                # strip trailing white space. Therefore, trailing space
                # will be left as is to match the Python 3 behavior.
                items.append((key, value.lstrip()))
        else:
            items = self.headers.items()

        return items
Get an iterable list of key/value pairs representing headers.

        This function provides Python 2/3 compatibility as related to the
        parsing of request headers. Python 2.7 is not compliant with
        RFC 3875 Section 4.1.18 which requires multiple values for headers
        to be provided. This function will return a matching list regardless
        of Python version. It can be removed once Python 2.7 support
        is dropped.

        :return: List of tuples containing header hey/value pairs