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Content negotiation is a mechanism defined in the HTTP specification that makes it possible to serve different versions of a document (or more generally, a resource representation) at the same URI, so that user agents can specify which version fit their capabilities the best.

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AddType application/x-httpd-php .php is not rendering PHP

Adding this code: AddType application/x-httpd-php .php after # AddEncoding x-compress .Z # AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz # # If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you # probably should define those extensions to indicate media…
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What is the WebMvcConfigurationSupport replacement in Spring Boot?

In traditional Spring MVC, I can extend WebMvcConfigurationSupport and do the following: @Override public void configureContentNegotiation(ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer) { configurer.favorPathExtension(false). …
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How to configure custom MediaType in Spring MVC?

Using Spring MVC, I have controllers already working for both JSON and XML media formats. In the content negotiation configuration, I would like to rely on Accept header only, and introduce a custom name media type, for example: "myXml" My…
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How to get a response from the Nancy Negotiator?

I have a NancyContext and I need to get a Response with a body based on the correct content negotiator for the request. I think I can use Nancy's Negotiator class to add a model, set the status, and other things. But then, I need to return a subtype…
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HTTP content negotiation conflicts in JAX-RS/Jersey?

I am enjoying the auto HTTP content negotiation of JAX-RS (specifically Jersey), i.e. its ability to route my resources by "Accept" and/or "Content-Type" headers. But I'm finding that sometimes it doesn't give me enough control when there is a…
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Springboot content negotiation with param doesn't resolve when deployed as a WAR

I am trying to format my response content type on a @RestController between json and xml. It seems to work in the case of Accept header or path extension (.json,.xml). My application is packaged as a WAR and deployed to a tomcat instance. However I…
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Is there a C# or .NET class to handle HTTP Content Negotiation?

Is there a C# or .NET class to handle HTTP Content Negotiation with a User Agent? I would like to be able to supply a list of acceptable Content Types, and have those negotiated with the browser to find the best match.
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Content negotiation ignored when using browser Back button

Here's the situation: I have a web application which response to a request for a list of resources, lets say: /items This is initially requested directly by the web browser by navigating to that path. The browser uses it's standard "Accept" header…
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How to make Rails parse a posted string as json without sending the 'Content-type: application/json' header?

Rails changes behaviour at several levels when the header 'Content-type: application/json' is sent: submitted post body is parsed as json instead of just a string parameter wrap_parameters :format => [:json] in…
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RESTful Content Negotiation in Rails

I'm looking to implement content negotiation on some resources in a Rails app. I'm using Mootools and will likely be able to tweak the content type accepted by an XMLHTTPRequest to "application/json". Is there any way to pick up on this information…
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Spring URI PathVariable with file extension not working

I'm having trouble working out why the file extension (.jpg) in the following request is being stripped before calling my controller method: GET http://blah.com/assets/picture.jpg I've set the content negotiation to not favour path…
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Content negotiation using mod_rewrite / RewriteCond rules

I have a use case is to host a set of files (same RDF content with different serialization formats such as RDF/XML, Turtle, and JSON-LD) in Github pages and use a w3id URL as a permanent identifier. Further, I want to have content negotiation on…
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How to redirect users based on browser language

I want to redirect users based on browser language, I figured out how to do this here, it works fine, here is the code(PHP): if(preg_match('/en-US/', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) header("location:index.php"); else …
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Spring MVC: Applying different JSON serializer for different annotated controller method

I'm creating a REST service using annotated controllers and the content negotiation (@ResponceBody). I have two different controller methods returning instance of {{Foo}} that serves different use cases and I want the JSON representation of the…
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What are the Pros and Cons of using URI vs Accept Headers for REST content format negotiation?

Based on info in the following question REST Content-Type: Should it be based on extension or Accept header?, I'm aware either custom URIs or specifying Accept Headers are 'acceptable' (pun intended) methods for for a REST-ish web service to…
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