Setting a MIME type on $r->custom_response

Hi all,

Is it possible to get $r->custom_response to respond using a MIME type other than text/html?

I’m writing a mod_perl application that’s intended to work with someone else’s React front end.  My code therefore just sends JSON.

For an authentication failure, I can use custom_response to send a custom JSON error with a Forbidden HTTP status:

	$r->custom_response(Apache2::Const::FORBIDDEN, $json);

It works fine, except that I can’t get it to use the correct MIME type.  The following has no effect (whether I deploy it immediately before the custom_response call or afterwards):

	$r->content_type("application/json; charset=utf-8”);

It’s not a huge deal — and I haven’t yet tested whether React freaks out over the Forbidden HTTP status regardless.

But if there’s a way to do this, I’d love to know.  Thanks!

Cheers,
Andrew.

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