method

post_format

v1.0.0 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionController::AbstractRequest

post_format()

public

Determine whether the body of a POST request is URL-encoded (default), XML, or YAML by checking the Content-Type HTTP header:

  Content-Type        Post Format
  application/xml     :xml
  text/xml            :xml
  application/x-yaml  :yaml
  text/x-yaml         :yaml
  *                   :url_encoded

For backward compatibility, the post format is extracted from the X-Post-Data-Format HTTP header if present.

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/request.rb, line 53
    def post_format
      @post_format ||=
           if env['HTTP_X_POST_DATA_FORMAT']
             env['HTTP_X_POST_DATA_FORMAT'].downcase.to_sym
           else
             case env['CONTENT_TYPE'].to_s.downcase
             when 'application/xml', 'text/xml'        then :xml
             when 'application/x-yaml', 'text/x-yaml'  then :yaml
             else :url_encoded
             end
           end
    end

post_format

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