AW: Setting a MIME type on $r->custom_response

Hi Andrew,

 

have a look at 

 

$r->err_headers_out->add('Content-Type' => 'bla bla');

 

Best regards

Andreas

 

 

Von: Andrew Green <[email protected]> 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. September 2019 18:39
An: [email protected]
Betreff: 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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