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authorMichael Koziarski <michael@koziarski.com>2008-07-09 18:35:35 +0200
committerMichael Koziarski <michael@koziarski.com>2008-07-09 18:36:15 +0200
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treeeddc7d54a73303128b28cc5eb62648e556696a19
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Reenable the use of the Accept header to give people a chance to update their applications and provide feedback.
-rw-r--r--actionpack/CHANGELOG9
-rwxr-xr-xactionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 20e9da6338..89cd7c64af 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
* Add :recursive option to javascript_include_tag and stylesheet_link_tag to be used along with :all. #480 [Damian Janowski]
-* Disable the Accept header by default [Michael Koziarski]
+* Allow users to disable the use of the Accept header [Michael Koziarski]
The accept header is poorly implemented by browsers and causes strange
errors when used on public sites where crawlers make requests too. You
- should use formatted urls (e.g. /people/1.xml) to support API clients.
+ can use formatted urls (e.g. /people/1.xml) to support API clients in a
+ much simpler way.
- Alternatively to re-enable it you need to set:
+ To disable the header you need to set:
- config.action_controller.use_accept_header = true
+ config.action_controller.use_accept_header = false
* Do not stat template files in production mode before rendering. You will no longer be able to modify templates in production mode without restarting the server [Josh Peek]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index f6d5491100..dd50f17c1c 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
# Indicates whether the response format should be determined by examining the Accept HTTP header,
# or by using the simpler params + ajax rules.
#
- # If this is set to +true+ then +respond_to+ and +Request#format+ will take the Accept header into
- # account. If it is set to false (the default) then the request format will be determined solely
+ # If this is set to +true+ (the default) then +respond_to+ and +Request#format+ will take the Accept
+ # header into account. If it is set to false then the request format will be determined solely
# by examining params[:format]. If params format is missing, the format will be either HTML or
# Javascript depending on whether the request is an AJAX request.
cattr_accessor :use_accept_header
- self.use_accept_header = false
+ self.use_accept_header = true
# Controls whether request forgergy protection is turned on or not. Turned off by default only in test mode.
class_inheritable_accessor :allow_forgery_protection