rabbah commented on a change in pull request #2717: Ensure that base64 encoded 
'+json' bodies are accepted and decoded.
URL: 
https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/pull/2717#discussion_r137930792
 
 

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 File path: 
core/controller/src/main/scala/whisk/core/controller/WebActions.scala
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 @@ -264,37 +264,47 @@ protected[core] object WhiskWebActionsApi extends 
Directives {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Finds the content-type in the header list and maps it to a known media 
type. If it is not
-   * recognized, construct a failure with appropriate message.
+   * Finds the content-type in the header list and ensures that it is a valid 
format. If it is not
+   * valid, construct a failure with appropriate message.
+   * If the content-type header is missing, then return the supplied 
defaultType
    */
   private def findContentTypeInHeader(headers: List[RawHeader],
                                       transid: TransactionId,
                                       defaultType: MediaType): Try[MediaType] 
= {
     headers.find(_.lowercaseName == `Content-Type`.lowercaseName) match {
       case Some(header) =>
         MediaType.parse(header.value) match {
-          case Right(mediaType: MediaType) =>
-            // lookup the media type specified in the content header to see if 
it is a recognized type
-            MediaTypes.getForKey(mediaType.mainType -> 
mediaType.subType).map(Success(_)).getOrElse {
-              // this is a content-type that is not recognized, reject it
-              Failure(RejectRequest(BadRequest, 
Messages.httpUnknownContentType)(transid))
-            }
-          case _ => Failure(RejectRequest(BadRequest, 
Messages.httpUnknownContentType)(transid))
+          case Right(mediaType: MediaType) => Success(mediaType)
 
 Review comment:
   It removes the check for media types which are understood/registered by 
akka. So for custom media types it is now acceptable where it would have 
otherwise failed. This is why the test which checks for an unknown media type 
changed. 
 
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