diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 39743be2b..8e7b22f58 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
 ### Added
+* `Header` extractor for extracting common HTTP headers in handlers. [#2094]
 * Added `TestServer::client_headers` method. [#2097]
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@
 
 [#2067]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2067
 [#2093]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2093
+[#2094]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2094
+[#2097]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2097
 
 
 ## 4.0.0-beta.4 - 2021-03-09
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 15f9f5fe8..420e76405 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ either = "1.5.3"
 encoding_rs = "0.8"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
+language-tags = "0.2"
+once_cell = "1.5"
 log = "0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
 pin-project = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/actix-http/CHANGES.md b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
index 3a7b4f024..374c5f199 100644
--- a/actix-http/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 * `client::Connector` type now only have one generic type for `actix_service::Service`. [#2063]
 
 ### Removed
+* Common HTTP headers were moved into actix-web. [2094]
 * `ResponseError` impl for `actix_utils::timeout::TimeoutError`. [#2127]
 
 [#2063]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2063
 [#2081]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2081
+[#2094]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2094
 [#2127]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2127
 
 
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/mod.rs b/actix-http/src/header/mod.rs
index 1100a959d..a6056ace4 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/mod.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/header/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 //! Typed HTTP headers, pre-defined `HeaderName`s, traits for parsing and conversion, and other
 //! header utility methods.
 
-use std::fmt;
-
-use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use percent_encoding::{AsciiSet, CONTROLS};
 
 pub use http::header::*;
@@ -16,11 +13,9 @@ mod into_pair;
 mod into_value;
 mod utils;
 
-mod common;
 pub(crate) mod map;
 mod shared;
 
-pub use self::common::*;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use self::shared::*;
 
@@ -41,34 +36,6 @@ pub trait Header: IntoHeaderValue {
     fn parse<T: HttpMessage>(msg: &T) -> Result<Self, ParseError>;
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
-pub(crate) struct Writer {
-    buf: BytesMut,
-}
-
-impl Writer {
-    fn new() -> Writer {
-        Writer::default()
-    }
-
-    fn take(&mut self) -> Bytes {
-        self.buf.split().freeze()
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Write for Writer {
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
-        self.buf.extend_from_slice(s.as_bytes());
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_fmt(&mut self, args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        fmt::write(self, args)
-    }
-}
-
 /// Convert `http::HeaderMap` to our `HeaderMap`.
 impl From<http::HeaderMap> for HeaderMap {
     fn from(mut map: http::HeaderMap) -> HeaderMap {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_encoding.rs b/actix-http/src/header/shared/content_encoding.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/content_encoding.rs
rename to actix-http/src/header/shared/content_encoding.rs
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/shared/mod.rs b/actix-http/src/header/shared/mod.rs
index 72161e46b..b8f9173f9 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/shared/mod.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/header/shared/mod.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 //! Originally taken from `hyper::header::shared`.
 
 mod charset;
-mod encoding;
-mod entity;
+mod content_encoding;
 mod extended;
 mod httpdate;
 mod quality_item;
 
 pub use self::charset::Charset;
-pub use self::encoding::Encoding;
-pub use self::entity::EntityTag;
+pub use self::content_encoding::ContentEncoding;
 pub use self::extended::{parse_extended_value, ExtendedValue};
 pub use self::httpdate::HttpDate;
 pub use self::quality_item::{q, qitem, Quality, QualityItem};
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/shared/quality_item.rs b/actix-http/src/header/shared/quality_item.rs
index 01a3b988a..240a0afa2 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/shared/quality_item.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/header/shared/quality_item.rs
@@ -193,21 +193,69 @@ where
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::super::encoding::*;
     use super::*;
 
+    // copy of encoding from actix-web headers
+    #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    pub enum Encoding {
+        Chunked,
+        Brotli,
+        Gzip,
+        Deflate,
+        Compress,
+        Identity,
+        Trailers,
+        EncodingExt(String),
+    }
+
+    impl fmt::Display for Encoding {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+            use Encoding::*;
+            f.write_str(match *self {
+                Chunked => "chunked",
+                Brotli => "br",
+                Gzip => "gzip",
+                Deflate => "deflate",
+                Compress => "compress",
+                Identity => "identity",
+                Trailers => "trailers",
+                EncodingExt(ref s) => s.as_ref(),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl str::FromStr for Encoding {
+        type Err = crate::error::ParseError;
+        fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Encoding, crate::error::ParseError> {
+            use Encoding::*;
+            match s {
+                "chunked" => Ok(Chunked),
+                "br" => Ok(Brotli),
+                "deflate" => Ok(Deflate),
+                "gzip" => Ok(Gzip),
+                "compress" => Ok(Compress),
+                "identity" => Ok(Identity),
+                "trailers" => Ok(Trailers),
+                _ => Ok(EncodingExt(s.to_owned())),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_fmt_q_1() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         let x = qitem(Chunked);
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", x), "chunked");
     }
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_fmt_q_0001() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         let x = QualityItem::new(Chunked, Quality(1));
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", x), "chunked; q=0.001");
     }
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_fmt_q_05() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         // Custom value
         let x = QualityItem {
             item: EncodingExt("identity".to_owned()),
@@ -218,6 +266,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_fmt_q_0() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         // Custom value
         let x = QualityItem {
             item: EncodingExt("identity".to_owned()),
@@ -228,6 +277,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_from_str1() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         let x: Result<QualityItem<Encoding>, _> = "chunked".parse();
         assert_eq!(
             x.unwrap(),
@@ -237,8 +287,10 @@ mod tests {
             }
         );
     }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_from_str2() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         let x: Result<QualityItem<Encoding>, _> = "chunked; q=1".parse();
         assert_eq!(
             x.unwrap(),
@@ -248,8 +300,10 @@ mod tests {
             }
         );
     }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_from_str3() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         let x: Result<QualityItem<Encoding>, _> = "gzip; q=0.5".parse();
         assert_eq!(
             x.unwrap(),
@@ -259,8 +313,10 @@ mod tests {
             }
         );
     }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_from_str4() {
+        use Encoding::*;
         let x: Result<QualityItem<Encoding>, _> = "gzip; q=0.273".parse();
         assert_eq!(
             x.unwrap(),
@@ -270,16 +326,19 @@ mod tests {
             }
         );
     }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_from_str5() {
         let x: Result<QualityItem<Encoding>, _> = "gzip; q=0.2739999".parse();
         assert!(x.is_err());
     }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_from_str6() {
         let x: Result<QualityItem<Encoding>, _> = "gzip; q=2".parse();
         assert!(x.is_err());
     }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_quality_item_ordering() {
         let x: QualityItem<Encoding> = "gzip; q=0.5".parse().ok().unwrap();
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/utils.rs b/actix-http/src/header/utils.rs
index e232d462f..5e9652380 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/utils.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/header/utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::{fmt, str::FromStr};
 
-use http::HeaderValue;
-
+use super::HeaderValue;
 use crate::{error::ParseError, header::HTTP_VALUE};
 
 /// Reads a comma-delimited raw header into a Vec.
diff --git a/actix-http/src/response.rs b/actix-http/src/response.rs
index 94f12bcc3..b27f477c9 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/response.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/response.rs
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::ContentType;
+    /// use actix_http::http::header;
     ///
     /// Response::Ok()
-    ///     .insert_header(ContentType(mime::APPLICATION_JSON))
+    ///     .insert_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_JSON))
     ///     .insert_header(("X-TEST", "value"))
     ///     .finish();
     /// ```
@@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::ContentType;
+    /// use actix_http::http::header;
     ///
     /// Response::Ok()
-    ///     .append_header(ContentType(mime::APPLICATION_JSON))
+    ///     .append_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_JSON))
     ///     .append_header(("X-TEST", "value1"))
     ///     .append_header(("X-TEST", "value2"))
     ///     .finish();
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
                 };
 
                 if !contains {
-                    self.insert_header(header::ContentType(mime::APPLICATION_JSON));
+                    self.insert_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_JSON));
                 }
 
                 self.body(Body::from(body))
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn response_builder_header_insert_typed() {
         let mut res = Response::Ok();
-        res.insert_header(header::ContentType(mime::APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM));
+        res.insert_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM));
         let res = res.finish();
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -1158,8 +1158,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn response_builder_header_append_typed() {
         let mut res = Response::Ok();
-        res.append_header(header::ContentType(mime::APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM));
-        res.append_header(header::ContentType(mime::APPLICATION_JSON));
+        res.append_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM));
+        res.append_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_JSON));
         let res = res.finish();
 
         let headers: Vec<_> = res.headers().get_all("Content-Type").cloned().collect();
diff --git a/awc/CHANGES.md b/awc/CHANGES.md
index b745e9868..c1031239a 100644
--- a/awc/CHANGES.md
+++ b/awc/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 ### Changed
 * `ConnectorService` type is renamed to `BoxConnectorService`. [#2081]
 * Fix http/https encoding when enabling `compress` feature. [#2116]
+* Rename `TestResponse::header` to `append_header`, `set` to `insert_header`. `TestResponse` header methods now take `IntoHeaderPair` tuples. [#2094]
 
 [#2081]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2081
+[#2094]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2094
 [#2114]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2114
 [#2116]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2116
 
diff --git a/awc/src/request.rs b/awc/src/request.rs
index 8b896a00d..6ecb64f81 100644
--- a/awc/src/request.rs
+++ b/awc/src/request.rs
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ impl ClientRequest {
     /// # #[actix_rt::main]
     /// # async fn main() {
     /// # use awc::Client;
-    /// use awc::http::header::ContentType;
+    /// use awc::http::header::CONTENT_TYPE;
     ///
     /// Client::new()
     ///     .get("http://www.rust-lang.org")
     ///     .insert_header(("X-TEST", "value"))
-    ///     .insert_header(ContentType(mime::APPLICATION_JSON));
+    ///     .insert_header((CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_JSON));
     /// # }
     /// ```
     pub fn append_header<H>(mut self, header: H) -> Self
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ClientRequest {
 mod tests {
     use std::time::SystemTime;
 
+    use actix_http::http::header::HttpDate;
+
     use super::*;
     use crate::Client;
 
@@ -564,7 +566,7 @@ mod tests {
         let req = Client::new()
             .put("/")
             .version(Version::HTTP_2)
-            .insert_header(header::Date(SystemTime::now().into()))
+            .insert_header((header::DATE, HttpDate::from(SystemTime::now())))
             .content_type("plain/text")
             .append_header((header::SERVER, "awc"));
 
diff --git a/awc/src/response.rs b/awc/src/response.rs
index 994ddb761..27ba83af7 100644
--- a/awc/src/response.rs
+++ b/awc/src/response.rs
@@ -449,13 +449,13 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[actix_rt::test]
     async fn test_body() {
-        let mut req = TestResponse::with_header(header::CONTENT_LENGTH, "xxxx").finish();
+        let mut req = TestResponse::with_header((header::CONTENT_LENGTH, "xxxx")).finish();
         match req.body().await.err().unwrap() {
             PayloadError::UnknownLength => {}
             _ => unreachable!("error"),
         }
 
-        let mut req = TestResponse::with_header(header::CONTENT_LENGTH, "10000000").finish();
+        let mut req = TestResponse::with_header((header::CONTENT_LENGTH, "10000000")).finish();
         match req.body().await.err().unwrap() {
             PayloadError::Overflow => {}
             _ => unreachable!("error"),
@@ -497,23 +497,23 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::ContentType));
 
         let mut req = TestResponse::default()
-            .header(
+            .insert_header((
                 header::CONTENT_TYPE,
                 header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/text"),
-            )
+            ))
             .finish();
         let json = JsonBody::<_, MyObject>::new(&mut req).await;
         assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::ContentType));
 
         let mut req = TestResponse::default()
-            .header(
+            .insert_header((
                 header::CONTENT_TYPE,
                 header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
-            )
-            .header(
+            ))
+            .insert_header((
                 header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
                 header::HeaderValue::from_static("10000"),
-            )
+            ))
             .finish();
 
         let json = JsonBody::<_, MyObject>::new(&mut req).limit(100).await;
@@ -523,14 +523,14 @@ mod tests {
         ));
 
         let mut req = TestResponse::default()
-            .header(
+            .insert_header((
                 header::CONTENT_TYPE,
                 header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
-            )
-            .header(
+            ))
+            .insert_header((
                 header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
                 header::HeaderValue::from_static("16"),
-            )
+            ))
             .set_payload(Bytes::from_static(b"{\"name\": \"test\"}"))
             .finish();
 
diff --git a/awc/src/test.rs b/awc/src/test.rs
index 97bbb9c3d..8e95396b3 100644
--- a/awc/src/test.rs
+++ b/awc/src/test.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 //! Test helpers for actix http client to use during testing.
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
-
-use actix_http::http::header::{Header, IntoHeaderValue};
-use actix_http::http::{Error as HttpError, HeaderName, StatusCode, Version};
+use actix_http::http::header::IntoHeaderPair;
+use actix_http::http::{StatusCode, Version};
 #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use actix_http::{
     cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar},
@@ -34,13 +32,11 @@ impl Default for TestResponse {
 
 impl TestResponse {
     /// Create TestResponse and set header
-    pub fn with_header<K, V>(key: K, value: V) -> Self
+    pub fn with_header<H>(header: H) -> Self
     where
-        HeaderName: TryFrom<K>,
-        <HeaderName as TryFrom<K>>::Error: Into<HttpError>,
-        V: IntoHeaderValue,
+        H: IntoHeaderPair,
     {
-        Self::default().header(key, value)
+        Self::default().insert_header(header)
     }
 
     /// Set HTTP version of this response
@@ -49,27 +45,26 @@ impl TestResponse {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Set a header
-    pub fn set<H: Header>(mut self, hdr: H) -> Self {
-        if let Ok(value) = hdr.try_into_value() {
-            self.head.headers.append(H::name(), value);
+    /// Insert a header
+    pub fn insert_header<H>(mut self, header: H) -> Self
+    where
+        H: IntoHeaderPair,
+    {
+        if let Ok((key, value)) = header.try_into_header_pair() {
+            self.head.headers.insert(key, value);
             return self;
         }
         panic!("Can not set header");
     }
 
     /// Append a header
-    pub fn header<K, V>(mut self, key: K, value: V) -> Self
+    pub fn append_header<H>(mut self, header: H) -> Self
     where
-        HeaderName: TryFrom<K>,
-        <HeaderName as TryFrom<K>>::Error: Into<HttpError>,
-        V: IntoHeaderValue,
+        H: IntoHeaderPair,
     {
-        if let Ok(key) = HeaderName::try_from(key) {
-            if let Ok(value) = value.try_into_value() {
-                self.head.headers.append(key, value);
-                return self;
-            }
+        if let Ok((key, value)) = header.try_into_header_pair() {
+            self.head.headers.append(key, value);
+            return self;
         }
         panic!("Can not create header");
     }
@@ -115,6 +110,8 @@ impl TestResponse {
 mod tests {
     use std::time::SystemTime;
 
+    use actix_http::http::header::HttpDate;
+
     use super::*;
     use crate::{cookie, http::header};
 
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_basics() {
         let res = TestResponse::default()
             .version(Version::HTTP_2)
-            .set(header::Date(SystemTime::now().into()))
+            .insert_header((header::DATE, HttpDate::from(SystemTime::now())))
             .cookie(cookie::Cookie::build("name", "value").finish())
             .finish();
         assert!(res.headers().contains_key(header::SET_COOKIE));
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept.rs b/src/http/header/accept.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/accept.rs
rename to src/http/header/accept.rs
index 775da3394..1ec94e353 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/accept.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ use std::cmp::Ordering;
 
 use mime::Mime;
 
-use crate::header::{qitem, QualityItem};
+use super::{qitem, QualityItem};
 use crate::http::header;
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Accept` header, defined in [RFC7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-5.3.2)
     ///
     /// The `Accept` header field can be used by user agents to specify
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// # Examples
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{Accept, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{Accept, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     Accept(vec![
     ///         qitem(mime::TEXT_HTML),
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ header! {
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{Accept, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{Accept, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     Accept(vec![
     ///         qitem(mime::APPLICATION_JSON),
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ header! {
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{Accept, QualityItem, q, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{Accept, QualityItem, q, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     Accept(vec![
     ///         qitem(mime::TEXT_HTML),
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ header! {
 
         #[test]
         fn test_fuzzing1() {
-            use crate::test::TestRequest;
-            let req = TestRequest::default().insert_header((crate::header::ACCEPT, "chunk#;e")).finish();
+            use actix_http::test::TestRequest;
+            let req = TestRequest::default().insert_header((crate::http::header::ACCEPT, "chunk#;e")).finish();
             let header = Accept::parse(&req);
             assert!(header.is_ok());
         }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ impl Accept {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::header::q;
+    use crate::http::header::q;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_mime_precedence() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept_charset.rs b/src/http/header/accept_charset.rs
similarity index 73%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/accept_charset.rs
rename to src/http/header/accept_charset.rs
index db530a8bc..9932ac57a 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept_charset.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/accept_charset.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{Charset, QualityItem, ACCEPT_CHARSET};
+use super::{Charset, QualityItem, ACCEPT_CHARSET};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Accept-Charset` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-5.3.3)
     ///
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// # Examples
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{AcceptCharset, Charset, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptCharset, Charset, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     AcceptCharset(vec![qitem(Charset::Us_Ascii)])
     /// );
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{AcceptCharset, Charset, q, QualityItem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptCharset, Charset, q, QualityItem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     AcceptCharset(vec![
     ///         QualityItem::new(Charset::Us_Ascii, q(900)),
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ header! {
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{AcceptCharset, Charset, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptCharset, Charset, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     AcceptCharset(vec![qitem(Charset::Ext("utf-8".to_owned()))])
     /// );
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept_encoding.rs b/src/http/header/accept_encoding.rs
similarity index 76%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/accept_encoding.rs
rename to src/http/header/accept_encoding.rs
index c90f529bc..e59351708 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept_encoding.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/accept_encoding.rs
@@ -26,18 +26,20 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// # Examples
     /// ```
-    /// use hyper::header::{Headers, AcceptEncoding, Encoding, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptEncoding, Encoding, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut headers = Headers::new();
-    /// headers.set(
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::new();
+    /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     AcceptEncoding(vec![qitem(Encoding::Chunked)])
     /// );
     /// ```
     /// ```
-    /// use hyper::header::{Headers, AcceptEncoding, Encoding, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptEncoding, Encoding, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut headers = Headers::new();
-    /// headers.set(
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::new();
+    /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     AcceptEncoding(vec![
     ///         qitem(Encoding::Chunked),
     ///         qitem(Encoding::Gzip),
@@ -46,10 +48,11 @@ header! {
     /// );
     /// ```
     /// ```
-    /// use hyper::header::{Headers, AcceptEncoding, Encoding, QualityItem, q, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptEncoding, Encoding, QualityItem, q, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut headers = Headers::new();
-    /// headers.set(
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::new();
+    /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     AcceptEncoding(vec![
     ///         qitem(Encoding::Chunked),
     ///         QualityItem::new(Encoding::Gzip, q(600)),
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept_language.rs b/src/http/header/accept_language.rs
similarity index 82%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/accept_language.rs
rename to src/http/header/accept_language.rs
index a7ad00863..2963844af 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/accept_language.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/accept_language.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use crate::header::{QualityItem, ACCEPT_LANGUAGE};
+use super::{QualityItem, ACCEPT_LANGUAGE};
 use language_tags::LanguageTag;
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Accept-Language` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-5.3.5)
     ///
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use language_tags::langtag;
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{AcceptLanguage, LanguageTag, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptLanguage, LanguageTag, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// let mut langtag: LanguageTag = Default::default();
     /// langtag.language = Some("en".to_owned());
     /// langtag.region = Some("US".to_owned());
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use language_tags::langtag;
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{AcceptLanguage, QualityItem, q, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{AcceptLanguage, QualityItem, q, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     AcceptLanguage(vec![
     ///         qitem(langtag!(da)),
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/allow.rs b/src/http/header/allow.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/allow.rs
rename to src/http/header/allow.rs
index 06b1efedc..e1f2bb4b6 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/allow.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/allow.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use http::header;
-use http::Method;
+use actix_http::http::Method;
+use crate::http::header;
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Allow` header, defined in [RFC7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.4.1)
     ///
     /// The `Allow` header field lists the set of methods advertised as
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ header! {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::{header::Allow, Method};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::{header::Allow, Method};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     Allow(vec![Method::GET])
     /// );
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::{header::Allow, Method};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::{header::Allow, Method};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     Allow(vec![
     ///         Method::GET,
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/cache_control.rs b/src/http/header/cache_control.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/cache_control.rs
rename to src/http/header/cache_control.rs
index b19823d22..6f020a931 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/cache_control.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/cache_control.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Write};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use http::header;
-
-use crate::header::{
+use super::{
     fmt_comma_delimited, from_comma_delimited, Header, IntoHeaderValue, Writer,
 };
 
+use crate::http::header;
+
 /// `Cache-Control` header, defined in [RFC7234](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234#section-5.2)
 ///
 /// The `Cache-Control` header field is used to specify directives for
@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@ use crate::header::{
 ///
 /// # Examples
 /// ```
-/// use actix_http::Response;
-/// use actix_http::http::header::{CacheControl, CacheDirective};
+/// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+/// use actix_web::http::header::{CacheControl, CacheDirective};
 ///
-/// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+/// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
 /// builder.insert_header(CacheControl(vec![CacheDirective::MaxAge(86400u32)]));
 /// ```
 ///
 /// ```
-/// use actix_http::Response;
-/// use actix_http::http::header::{CacheControl, CacheDirective};
+/// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+/// use actix_web::http::header::{CacheControl, CacheDirective};
 ///
-/// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+/// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
 /// builder.insert_header(CacheControl(vec![
 ///     CacheDirective::NoCache,
 ///     CacheDirective::Private,
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ impl FromStr for CacheDirective {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::header::Header;
-    use crate::test::TestRequest;
+    use crate::http::header::Header;
+    use actix_http::test::TestRequest;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_multiple_headers() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_disposition.rs b/src/http/header/content_disposition.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/content_disposition.rs
rename to src/http/header/content_disposition.rs
index 6076d033c..3dea0997b 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_disposition.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/content_disposition.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::fmt::{self, Write};
 
-use crate::header::{self, ExtendedValue, Header, IntoHeaderValue, Writer};
+use crate::http::header;
+use super::{ExtendedValue, Header, IntoHeaderValue, Writer};
 
 /// Split at the index of the first `needle` if it exists or at the end.
 fn split_once(haystack: &str, needle: char) -> (&str, &str) {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a str> for DispositionType {
 ///
 /// # Examples
 /// ```
-/// use actix_http::http::header::DispositionParam;
+/// use actix_web::http::header::DispositionParam;
 ///
 /// let param = DispositionParam::Filename(String::from("sample.txt"));
 /// assert!(param.is_filename());
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ impl DispositionParam {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```
-/// use actix_http::http::header::{
+/// use actix_web::http::header::{
 ///     Charset, ContentDisposition, DispositionParam, DispositionType,
 ///     ExtendedValue,
 /// };
@@ -554,8 +555,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for ContentDisposition {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::{ContentDisposition, DispositionParam, DispositionType};
-    use crate::header::shared::Charset;
-    use crate::header::{ExtendedValue, HeaderValue};
+    use crate::http::header::Charset;
+    use crate::http::header::{ExtendedValue, HeaderValue};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_from_raw_basic() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_language.rs b/src/http/header/content_language.rs
similarity index 77%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/content_language.rs
rename to src/http/header/content_language.rs
index e9be67a1b..5dd8f72a5 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_language.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/content_language.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use crate::header::{QualityItem, CONTENT_LANGUAGE};
+use super::{QualityItem, CONTENT_LANGUAGE};
 use language_tags::LanguageTag;
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Content-Language` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-3.1.3.2)
     ///
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use language_tags::langtag;
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{ContentLanguage, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{ContentLanguage, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     ContentLanguage(vec![
     ///         qitem(langtag!(en)),
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use language_tags::langtag;
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{ContentLanguage, qitem};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{ContentLanguage, qitem};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     ContentLanguage(vec![
     ///         qitem(langtag!(da)),
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_range.rs b/src/http/header/content_range.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/content_range.rs
rename to src/http/header/content_range.rs
index 8b7552377..dfcf24251 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_range.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/content_range.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Display, Write};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::error::ParseError;
-use crate::header::{
+use super::{
     HeaderValue, IntoHeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue, Writer, CONTENT_RANGE,
 };
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Content-Range` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7233](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7233#section-4.2)
     (ContentRange, CONTENT_RANGE) => [ContentRangeSpec]
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_type.rs b/src/http/header/content_type.rs
similarity index 91%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/content_type.rs
rename to src/http/header/content_type.rs
index ac5c7e5b8..a85e64ba9 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/content_type.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/content_type.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use crate::header::CONTENT_TYPE;
+use super::CONTENT_TYPE;
 use mime::Mime;
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Content-Type` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-3.1.1.5)
     ///
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@ header! {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::ContentType;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::ContentType;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     ContentType::json()
     /// );
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::ContentType;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::ContentType;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     ContentType(mime::TEXT_HTML)
     /// );
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/date.rs b/src/http/header/date.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/date.rs
rename to src/http/header/date.rs
index e5ace95e6..faceefb4f 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/date.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/date.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use crate::header::{HttpDate, DATE};
+use super::{HttpDate, DATE};
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Date` header, defined in [RFC7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.1.1.2)
     ///
     /// The `Date` header field represents the date and time at which the
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use std::time::SystemTime;
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::Date;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::Date;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     Date(SystemTime::now().into())
     /// );
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/shared/encoding.rs b/src/http/header/encoding.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from actix-http/src/header/shared/encoding.rs
rename to src/http/header/encoding.rs
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/shared/entity.rs b/src/http/header/entity.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from actix-http/src/header/shared/entity.rs
rename to src/http/header/entity.rs
index 2505216f2..5073ed692 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/shared/entity.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/entity.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Write};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use crate::header::{HeaderValue, IntoHeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue, Writer};
+use super::{HeaderValue, IntoHeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue, Writer};
 
 /// check that each char in the slice is either:
 /// 1. `%x21`, or
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/etag.rs b/src/http/header/etag.rs
similarity index 90%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/etag.rs
rename to src/http/header/etag.rs
index 4c1e8d262..8972564d0 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/etag.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/etag.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{EntityTag, ETAG};
+use super::{EntityTag, ETAG};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `ETag` header, defined in [RFC7232](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232#section-2.3)
     ///
     /// The `ETag` header field in a response provides the current entity-tag
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ header! {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{ETag, EntityTag};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{ETag, EntityTag};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     ETag(EntityTag::new(false, "xyzzy".to_owned()))
     /// );
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{ETag, EntityTag};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{ETag, EntityTag};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     ETag(EntityTag::new(true, "xyzzy".to_owned()))
     /// );
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/expires.rs b/src/http/header/expires.rs
similarity index 84%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/expires.rs
rename to src/http/header/expires.rs
index 79563955d..1c306cae0 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/expires.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/expires.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{HttpDate, EXPIRES};
+use super::{HttpDate, EXPIRES};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Expires` header, defined in [RFC7234](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234#section-5.3)
     ///
     /// The `Expires` header field gives the date/time after which the
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use std::time::{SystemTime, Duration};
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::Expires;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::Expires;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// let expiration = SystemTime::now() + Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24);
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     Expires(expiration.into())
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_match.rs b/src/http/header/if_match.rs
similarity index 86%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/if_match.rs
rename to src/http/header/if_match.rs
index db255e91a..80699e39c 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_match.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/if_match.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{EntityTag, IF_MATCH};
+use super::{EntityTag, IF_MATCH};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `If-Match` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7232](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232#section-3.1)
     ///
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ header! {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::IfMatch;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::IfMatch;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(IfMatch::Any);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{IfMatch, EntityTag};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{IfMatch, EntityTag};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     IfMatch::Items(vec![
     ///         EntityTag::new(false, "xyzzy".to_owned()),
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_modified_since.rs b/src/http/header/if_modified_since.rs
similarity index 84%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/if_modified_since.rs
rename to src/http/header/if_modified_since.rs
index 99c7e441d..d777e0c5c 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_modified_since.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/if_modified_since.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{HttpDate, IF_MODIFIED_SINCE};
+use super::{HttpDate, IF_MODIFIED_SINCE};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `If-Modified-Since` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7232](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232#section-3.3)
     ///
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use std::time::{SystemTime, Duration};
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::IfModifiedSince;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::IfModifiedSince;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// let modified = SystemTime::now() - Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24);
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     IfModifiedSince(modified.into())
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_none_match.rs b/src/http/header/if_none_match.rs
similarity index 86%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/if_none_match.rs
rename to src/http/header/if_none_match.rs
index 464caf1ae..a5c06b374 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_none_match.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/if_none_match.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{EntityTag, IF_NONE_MATCH};
+use super::{EntityTag, IF_NONE_MATCH};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `If-None-Match` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7232](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232#section-3.2)
     ///
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ header! {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::IfNoneMatch;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::IfNoneMatch;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(IfNoneMatch::Any);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::{IfNoneMatch, EntityTag};
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::{IfNoneMatch, EntityTag};
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     IfNoneMatch::Items(vec![
     ///         EntityTag::new(false, "xyzzy".to_owned()),
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ header! {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::IfNoneMatch;
-    use crate::header::{EntityTag, Header, IF_NONE_MATCH};
-    use crate::test::TestRequest;
+    use crate::http::header::{EntityTag, Header, IF_NONE_MATCH};
+    use actix_http::test::TestRequest;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_if_none_match() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_range.rs b/src/http/header/if_range.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/if_range.rs
rename to src/http/header/if_range.rs
index 0a5749505..f34332f22 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_range.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/if_range.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Write};
 
+use crate::http::header;
 use crate::error::ParseError;
-use crate::header::{
-    self, from_one_raw_str, EntityTag, Header, HeaderName, HeaderValue, HttpDate,
+use super::{
+    from_one_raw_str, EntityTag, Header, HeaderName, HeaderValue, HttpDate,
     IntoHeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue, Writer,
 };
 use crate::HttpMessage;
@@ -36,10 +37,10 @@ use crate::HttpMessage;
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
-/// use actix_http::Response;
-/// use actix_http::http::header::{EntityTag, IfRange};
+/// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+/// use actix_web::http::header::{EntityTag, IfRange};
 ///
-/// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+/// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
 /// builder.insert_header(
 ///     IfRange::EntityTag(
 ///         EntityTag::new(false, "abc".to_owned())
@@ -49,9 +50,9 @@ use crate::HttpMessage;
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
-/// use actix_http::{http::header::IfRange, Response};
+/// use actix_web::{http::header::IfRange, HttpResponse};
 ///
-/// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+/// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
 /// let fetched = SystemTime::now() - Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24);
 /// builder.insert_header(
 ///     IfRange::Date(fetched.into())
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ impl IntoHeaderValue for IfRange {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test_if_range {
     use super::IfRange as HeaderField;
-    use crate::header::*;
+    use crate::http::header::*;
     use std::str;
 
     test_header!(test1, vec![b"Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT"]);
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_unmodified_since.rs b/src/http/header/if_unmodified_since.rs
similarity index 85%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/if_unmodified_since.rs
rename to src/http/header/if_unmodified_since.rs
index 1c2b4af78..8887982aa 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/if_unmodified_since.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/if_unmodified_since.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{HttpDate, IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE};
+use super::{HttpDate, IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `If-Unmodified-Since` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7232](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232#section-3.4)
     ///
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use std::time::{SystemTime, Duration};
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::IfUnmodifiedSince;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::IfUnmodifiedSince;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// let modified = SystemTime::now() - Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24);
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     IfUnmodifiedSince(modified.into())
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/last_modified.rs b/src/http/header/last_modified.rs
similarity index 84%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/last_modified.rs
rename to src/http/header/last_modified.rs
index 65608d846..9ed6fcf69 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/last_modified.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/last_modified.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use crate::header::{HttpDate, LAST_MODIFIED};
+use super::{HttpDate, LAST_MODIFIED};
 
-header! {
+crate::header! {
     /// `Last-Modified` header, defined in
     /// [RFC7232](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232#section-2.2)
     ///
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ header! {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use std::time::{SystemTime, Duration};
-    /// use actix_http::Response;
-    /// use actix_http::http::header::LastModified;
+    /// use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+    /// use actix_web::http::header::LastModified;
     ///
-    /// let mut builder = Response::Ok();
+    /// let mut builder = HttpResponse::Ok();
     /// let modified = SystemTime::now() - Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24);
     /// builder.insert_header(
     ///     LastModified(modified.into())
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/mod.rs b/src/http/header/mod.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/mod.rs
rename to src/http/header/mod.rs
index 90e0a855e..a1c405344 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/mod.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 //! is used, such as `ContentType(pub Mime)`.
 #![cfg_attr(rustfmt, rustfmt_skip)]
 
+use std::fmt;
+use bytes::{BytesMut, Bytes};
+
+pub use actix_http::http::header::*;
 pub use self::accept_charset::AcceptCharset;
 //pub use self::accept_encoding::AcceptEncoding;
 pub use self::accept::Accept;
@@ -18,7 +22,6 @@ pub use self::content_disposition::{
 };
 pub use self::content_language::ContentLanguage;
 pub use self::content_range::{ContentRange, ContentRangeSpec};
-pub use self::content_encoding::{ContentEncoding};
 pub use self::content_type::ContentType;
 pub use self::date::Date;
 pub use self::etag::ETag;
@@ -29,7 +32,39 @@ pub use self::if_none_match::IfNoneMatch;
 pub use self::if_range::IfRange;
 pub use self::if_unmodified_since::IfUnmodifiedSince;
 pub use self::last_modified::LastModified;
+pub use self::encoding::Encoding;
+pub use self::entity::EntityTag;
 //pub use self::range::{Range, ByteRangeSpec};
+pub(crate) use actix_http::http::header::{fmt_comma_delimited, from_comma_delimited, from_one_raw_str};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct Writer {
+    buf: BytesMut,
+}
+
+impl Writer {
+    pub fn new() -> Writer {
+        Writer::default()
+    }
+
+    pub fn take(&mut self) -> Bytes {
+        self.buf.split().freeze()
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Write for Writer {
+    #[inline]
+    fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.buf.extend_from_slice(s.as_bytes());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn write_fmt(&mut self, args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        fmt::write(self, args)
+    }
+}
+
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]
@@ -61,9 +96,9 @@ macro_rules! __hyper__tm {
         #[cfg(test)]
         mod $tm{
             use std::str;
-            use http::Method;
+            use actix_http::http::Method;
             use mime::*;
-            use $crate::header::*;
+            use $crate::http::header::*;
             use super::$id as HeaderField;
             $($tf)*
         }
@@ -77,8 +112,7 @@ macro_rules! test_header {
     ($id:ident, $raw:expr) => {
         #[test]
         fn $id() {
-            use super::*;
-            use $crate::test;
+            use actix_http::test;
 
             let raw = $raw;
             let a: Vec<Vec<u8>> = raw.iter().map(|x| x.to_vec()).collect();
@@ -106,7 +140,7 @@ macro_rules! test_header {
     ($id:ident, $raw:expr, $typed:expr) => {
         #[test]
         fn $id() {
-            use $crate::test;
+            use actix_http::test;
 
             let a: Vec<Vec<u8>> = $raw.iter().map(|x| x.to_vec()).collect();
             let mut req = test::TestRequest::default();
@@ -134,6 +168,7 @@ macro_rules! test_header {
     };
 }
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! header {
     // $a:meta: Attributes associated with the header item (usually docs)
@@ -341,7 +376,6 @@ mod allow;
 mod cache_control;
 mod content_disposition;
 mod content_language;
-mod content_encoding;
 mod content_range;
 mod content_type;
 mod date;
@@ -353,3 +387,5 @@ mod if_none_match;
 mod if_range;
 mod if_unmodified_since;
 mod last_modified;
+mod encoding;
+mod entity;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/header/common/range.rs b/src/http/header/range.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from actix-http/src/header/common/range.rs
rename to src/http/header/range.rs
index f9e203bb2..a9b40b403 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/header/common/range.rs
+++ b/src/http/header/range.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Display};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use header::parsing::from_one_raw_str;
-use header::{Header, Raw};
+use super::parsing::from_one_raw_str;
+use super::{Header, Raw};
 
 /// `Range` header, defined in [RFC7233](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7233#section-3.1)
 ///
diff --git a/src/http/mod.rs b/src/http/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa28a5fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod header;
+pub use actix_http::http::*;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7a6498546..38d9d5734 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ pub mod error;
 mod extract;
 pub mod guard;
 mod handler;
+pub mod http;
 mod info;
 pub mod middleware;
 mod request;
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ pub mod web;
 #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 pub use actix_http::cookie;
 pub use actix_http::Response as HttpResponse;
-pub use actix_http::{body, http, Error, HttpMessage, ResponseError, Result};
+pub use actix_http::{body, Error, HttpMessage, ResponseError, Result};
 pub use actix_rt as rt;
 pub use actix_web_codegen::*;
 
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 8ba019445..08c80df40 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use std::{fmt, net, thread, time};
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Framed};
 #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use actix_http::cookie::Cookie;
-use actix_http::http::header::{ContentType, HeaderMap, IntoHeaderPair};
-use actix_http::http::{Method, StatusCode, Uri, Version};
+use actix_http::http::{HeaderMap, Method, StatusCode, Uri, Version};
 use actix_http::test::TestRequest as HttpTestRequest;
 use actix_http::{ws, Extensions, HttpService, Request};
 use actix_router::{Path, ResourceDef, Url};
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ use crate::app_service::AppInitServiceState;
 use crate::config::AppConfig;
 use crate::data::Data;
 use crate::dev::{Body, MessageBody, Payload, Server};
+use crate::http::header::{ContentType, IntoHeaderPair};
 use crate::rmap::ResourceMap;
 use crate::service::{ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse};
 use crate::{Error, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ where
     let mut resp = app
         .call(req)
         .await
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("read_response failed at application call"));
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("read_response failed at application call: {}", e));
 
     let mut body = resp.take_body();
     let mut bytes = BytesMut::new();
@@ -254,8 +254,12 @@ where
 {
     let body = read_body(res).await;
 
-    serde_json::from_slice(&body)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("read_response_json failed during deserialization: {}", e))
+    serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        panic!(
+            "read_response_json failed during deserialization of body: {:?}, {}",
+            body, e
+        )
+    })
 }
 
 pub async fn load_stream<S>(mut stream: S) -> Result<Bytes, Error>
@@ -311,8 +315,12 @@ where
 {
     let body = read_response(app, req).await;
 
-    serde_json::from_slice(&body)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("read_response_json failed during deserialization"))
+    serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        panic!(
+            "read_response_json failed during deserialization of body: {:?}",
+            body
+        )
+    })
 }
 
 /// Test `Request` builder.
diff --git a/src/types/header.rs b/src/types/header.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f8be707a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/header.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+//! For header extractor helper documentation, see [`Header`](crate::types::Header).
+
+use std::{fmt, ops};
+
+use actix_utils::future::{err, ok, Ready};
+
+use crate::{
+    dev::Payload, error::ParseError, extract::FromRequest, http::header::Header as ParseHeader,
+    HttpRequest,
+};
+
+/// Extract typed headers from the request.
+///
+/// To extract a header, the inner type `T` must implement the
+/// [`Header`](crate::http::header::Header) trait.
+///
+/// # Examples
+/// ```
+/// use actix_web::{get, web, http::header};
+///
+/// #[get("/")]
+/// async fn index(date: web::Header<header::Date>) -> String {
+///     format!("Request was sent at {}", date.to_string())
+/// }
+/// ```
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct Header<T>(pub T);
+
+impl<T> Header<T> {
+    /// Unwrap into the inner `T` value.
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> T {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> ops::Deref for Header<T> {
+    type Target = T;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> ops::DerefMut for Header<T> {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+        &mut self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> fmt::Debug for Header<T>
+where
+    T: fmt::Debug,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Header: {:?}", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> fmt::Display for Header<T>
+where
+    T: fmt::Display,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        fmt::Display::fmt(&self.0, f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> FromRequest for Header<T>
+where
+    T: ParseHeader,
+{
+    type Error = ParseError;
+    type Future = Ready<Result<Self, Self::Error>>;
+    type Config = ();
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn from_request(req: &HttpRequest, _: &mut Payload) -> Self::Future {
+        match ParseHeader::parse(req) {
+            Ok(header) => ok(Header(header)),
+            Err(e) => err(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::http::{header, Method};
+    use crate::test::TestRequest;
+
+    #[actix_rt::test]
+    async fn test_header_extract() {
+        let (req, mut pl) = TestRequest::default()
+            .insert_header((header::CONTENT_TYPE, mime::APPLICATION_JSON))
+            .insert_header((header::ALLOW, header::Allow(vec![Method::GET])))
+            .to_http_parts();
+
+        let s = Header::<header::ContentType>::from_request(&req, &mut pl)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s.into_inner().0, mime::APPLICATION_JSON);
+
+        let s = Header::<header::Allow>::from_request(&req, &mut pl)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s.into_inner().0, vec![Method::GET]);
+
+        assert!(Header::<header::Date>::from_request(&req, &mut pl)
+            .await
+            .is_err());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/types/mod.rs b/src/types/mod.rs
index a062c351e..461d771eb 100644
--- a/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // TODO: review visibility
 mod either;
 pub(crate) mod form;
+mod header;
 pub(crate) mod json;
 mod path;
 pub(crate) mod payload;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ pub(crate) mod readlines;
 
 pub use self::either::{Either, EitherExtractError};
 pub use self::form::{Form, FormConfig};
+pub use self::header::Header;
 pub use self::json::{Json, JsonConfig};
 pub use self::path::{Path, PathConfig};
 pub use self::payload::{Payload, PayloadConfig};