#Ruby example
#hash of all HTTP headers
for header in request.env.select {|k,v| k.match("^HTTP.*") }
   headers["#{header[0].split('_',2)[1]}"] = "#{header[1]}"
 end

#get the schema from the specific header
file = HTTParty.get("#{headers["X_XC_SCHEMA_URI"]}")

#Parse the schema
 schema = Avro::Schema.parse(file.parsed_response.to_s.gsub(/\=\>/,':'))
 stringreader = StringIO.new(request.body.string)
 decoder = Avro::IO::BinaryDecoder.new(stringreader)
 datumreader = Avro::IO::DatumReader.new(schema)
#read the message
 read_value = datumreader.read(decoder)