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content_type

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content_type() public

The MIME type of the HTTP request, such as Mime::XML.

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 88
    def content_type
      @content_type ||= begin
        if @env['CONTENT_TYPE'] =~ /^([^,\;]*)/
          Mime::Type.lookup($1.strip.downcase)
        else
          nil
        end
      end
    end

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