The Accept header is used by HTTP clients to tell the server what content types they’ll accept. The server will then send back a response, which will include a Content-Type header telling the client what the content type of the returned content actually is. However, as you may have noticed, HTTP requests can also contain Content-Type headers. Why? Well, think about POST or PUT requests….
Continue readingContent negotiation is a way to serve client-specific representations of the same resource. A client might send this HTTP request: GET http://localhost.:21069/api/products/1 HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost.:21069 <strong>Accept</strong>: application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01 In response, the server might send: HTTP/1.1 200 OK <strong>Content-Type:</strong> application/json; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 57 Connection: Close The Accept header is used by HTTP clients to…
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