RFC2616, Section 7.2.1;
Any HTTP/1.1 message containing an entity-body SHOULD include a
Content-Type header field defining the media type of that body. If
and only if the media type is not given by a Content-Type field,
the
recipient MAY attempt to guess the media type via inspection of its
content and/or the name extension(s) of the URI used to identify
the
resource. If the media type remains unknown, the recipient SHOULD
treat it as type "application/octet-stream".
On 2006/05/03, at 12:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
We have recently run into a case where XMLHTTPRequest is being used to
POST content, but the javascript author has failed to add the
mandatory
content-type header. We were wondering what the default content type
should be. We believe that it should be the same default as the
default
content type for a FORM post.
Oddly enough, the w3 draft spec for xmlhttprequest does not even state
that you should provide a content-type when posting:
http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#dfn-send
whereas XULPlanet at least states one should be provided:
http://www.xulplanet.com/references/objref/
XMLHttpRequest.html#method_se
nd
"The MIME type of the stream should be specified by setting the
Content-
Type header via the setRequestHeader method before calling send."
neither say what the default should be.
Thanks
David Carson
Nokia S60 Browser
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Mark Nottingham
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
