Returning application/json content-type for .json files on RHEL/Apache

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Peter picture Peter · Jul 17, 2012 · Viewed 18.4k times · Source

OS is specifically RHEL6 running Apache2.

So in my Apache configuration, I have:

LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so

And in /etc/mime.types, I have the following:

application/json                                json

Yet when requesting a file with the .json extension (and containing valid JSON), the content-type is set to text/html. Any idea how I can force the correct header for this file type?

Answer

piksel bitworks picture piksel bitworks · Jul 17, 2012

Use the AddType directive in the apache configuration:

AddType application/json .json

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