Level 61
The Content-Type header field is used to specify the nature of the data in the body of an entity, by giving type and subtype identifiers, and by providing auxiliary information that may be required for certain types.
Feb 10, 2021
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Level 1
What is the "Accept : application/json" header?
I've made it all the way down to "Validation and Exception Handling" on the sample code https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/build-a-react-app-with-laravel-restful-backend-part-1-laravel-5-api--cms-29442
The section in the tutorial above that line ends with "Open up POSTMAN and the endpoints for the product should be working. Make sure you have the Accept : application/json header enabled."
I'd never heard of POSTMAN. So I downloaded it, and there's a Send button on it.
I don't know where to find an "Accept : application/json header."
I don't know what endpoints are, and I don't know how to test the tutorial Part 1 code on this sample to see if I have even put it together correctly before proceeding to Part 2.
(I'm using Laravel 8.)
(Also, I don't know if this is significant or not diagnostically, but on URL localhost:8000/api/products, I do see all of the rows of the products table, output in plaintext.)
Level 80
@mh71 When making a request, it tells you server that you’ll only accept a JSON response. Otherwise, the server will return what it wants (and usually HTML by default).
Level 1
Thank you all for your help.
Is "Accept : application/json" a statement that accompanies a URL string? Like is it attached somehow to where I write "localhost:8000/api/products"?
Level 80
No. It’s a HTTP header.
Level 61
Think of it as additional bit of information that you can send to the server.
Level 1
If "Accept : application/json" is a statement that I write into a file, I don't understand where to write it.
I tried writing it on the next line directly under [left arrow]!doctype html[right arrow] near the top of the page and it didn't work.
I have no idea where to put this. And when I do research only, everything is talking only in the abstract. When I even try to look up images of "Accept : application/json" I just get the aftermath: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Accept+%3A+application%2Fjson%22&iax=images&ia=images
Can somebody please help me with where to write the string "Accept : application/json" if that's what's called for in the tutorial? Because it doesn't specify where or how.
Level 75
See the chapters in laravel on requests and responses.
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