How to allow browser to specify desired content type for download?
Browser client makes a request to a HTTP server running PHP such as https://example.com/records/123 to retrieve the data associated with record 123. The PHP web server then makes a cURL request to another API server to retrieve the data and returns it to the browser client. Based on the needs of the client, the data will be returned as JSON, text, CSV, PDF, etc from the second API server.
How should the desired content be specified by the web client? Should an Accept header be used? If so, can it originate at the browser, or will I need to submit some parameter in the URL or body which PHP reads and substitutes with the appropriate header? I can certainly send headers using a JavaScript ajax request, however, this makes downloading files not as trivial.
http xmlhttprequest mime-types content-type
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Browser client makes a request to a HTTP server running PHP such as https://example.com/records/123 to retrieve the data associated with record 123. The PHP web server then makes a cURL request to another API server to retrieve the data and returns it to the browser client. Based on the needs of the client, the data will be returned as JSON, text, CSV, PDF, etc from the second API server.
How should the desired content be specified by the web client? Should an Accept header be used? If so, can it originate at the browser, or will I need to submit some parameter in the URL or body which PHP reads and substitutes with the appropriate header? I can certainly send headers using a JavaScript ajax request, however, this makes downloading files not as trivial.
http xmlhttprequest mime-types content-type
asked Jan 1 at 21:22
user1032531user1032531
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Not sure what do you mean bynot as trivialbut it sounds like you need explicitly send what kind of data you need from the servers inside http request. You could send GET request with simple key and value which is handled in server side accordingly.
– miradham
Jan 2 at 4:31
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Browser client makes a request to a HTTP server running PHP such as https://example.com/records/123 to retrieve the data associated with record 123. The PHP web server then makes a cURL request to another API server to retrieve the data and returns it to the browser client. Based on the needs of the client, the data will be returned as JSON, text, CSV, PDF, etc from the second API server.
How should the desired content be specified by the web client? Should an Accept header be used? If so, can it originate at the browser, or will I need to submit some parameter in the URL or body which PHP reads and substitutes with the appropriate header? I can certainly send headers using a JavaScript ajax request, however, this makes downloading files not as trivial.
http xmlhttprequest mime-types content-type
asked Jan 1 at 21:22
user1032531user1032531
11.1k35139250
Browser client makes a request to a HTTP server running PHP such as https://example.com/records/123 to retrieve the data associated with record 123. The PHP web server then makes a cURL request to another API server to retrieve the data and returns it to the browser client. Based on the needs of the client, the data will be returned as JSON, text, CSV, PDF, etc from the second API server.
How should the desired content be specified by the web client? Should an Accept header be used? If so, can it originate at the browser, or will I need to submit some parameter in the URL or body which PHP reads and substitutes with the appropriate header? I can certainly send headers using a JavaScript ajax request, however, this makes downloading files not as trivial.
http xmlhttprequest mime-types content-type
http xmlhttprequest mime-types content-type
asked Jan 1 at 21:22
user1032531user1032531
11.1k35139250
asked Jan 1 at 21:22
user1032531user1032531
11.1k35139250
asked Jan 1 at 21:22
user1032531user1032531
11.1k35139250
asked Jan 1 at 21:22
user1032531user1032531
11.1k35139250
asked Jan 1 at 21:22
user1032531user1032531
11.1k35139250
11.1k35139250
Not sure what do you mean bynot as trivialbut it sounds like you need explicitly send what kind of data you need from the servers inside http request. You could send GET request with simple key and value which is handled in server side accordingly.
– miradham
Jan 2 at 4:31
add a comment |
Not sure what do you mean bynot as trivialbut it sounds like you need explicitly send what kind of data you need from the servers inside http request. You could send GET request with simple key and value which is handled in server side accordingly.
– miradham
Jan 2 at 4:31
Not sure what do you mean by
not as trivial but it sounds like you need explicitly send what kind of data you need from the servers inside http request. You could send GET request with simple key and value which is handled in server side accordingly.– miradham
Jan 2 at 4:31
Not sure what do you mean by
not as trivial but it sounds like you need explicitly send what kind of data you need from the servers inside http request. You could send GET request with simple key and value which is handled in server side accordingly.– miradham
Jan 2 at 4:31
add a comment |
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Not sure what do you mean by
not as trivialbut it sounds like you need explicitly send what kind of data you need from the servers inside http request. You could send GET request with simple key and value which is handled in server side accordingly.– miradham
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