content_type=(mime_type) — ActionController::AbstractResponse

content_type=(mime_type)

Sets the HTTP response’s content MIME type. For example, in the controller you could write this:

response.content_type = "text/plain"

If a character set has been defined for this response (see charset=) then the character set information will also be included in the content type information.

Parameters

mime_type req

Source

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/response.rb, line 64
    def content_type=(mime_type)
      self.headers["Content-Type"] =
        if mime_type =~ /charset/ || (c = charset).nil?
          mime_type.to_s
        else
          "#{mime_type}; charset=#{c}"
        end
    end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_controller/response.rb line 64 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

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Signature

Parameters