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what to do if HTTP_ACCEPT header is not provided

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#1: Apr 3 '09
Hi,

recently I get requests from a User Agent (WinHttp) that doesn't provide the HTTP_ACCEPT header (which I use to determine if I send HTML or XHTML content).

How do I handle such requests? send a 406 (not acceptable) or 412 (precondition failed) status code?


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#2: Apr 12 '09

re: what to do if HTTP_ACCEPT header is not provided

finally I decided to send a 406 and terminate the connection (and the script).
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