[jira] [Created] (COUCHDB-2562) Wrong Content-Type for continuous changes feed

["Nathan Vander Wilt (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Nathan Vander Wilt created COUCHDB-2562:
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             Summary: Wrong Content-Type for continuous changes feed
                 Key: COUCHDB-2562
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2562
             Project: CouchDB
          Issue Type: Bug
      Security Level: public (Regular issues)
            Reporter: Nathan Vander Wilt


When a client requests a continuous changes feed and includes an "Accept: application/json" header, the response comes back as "Content-Type: application/json" even though the content is not parseable as JSON.

I think the proper thing to do in this specific case is to respond with "406 Not Acceptable", or if this is considered too extreme and HTTP allows it, proceed anyway but claim "Content-Type: application/x-ldjson" instead (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Delimited_JSON#MIME_Type_and_File_Extensions).

This is an issue that some acknowledged as a bug during the discussion on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-604 but didn't get its own ticket.



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