Invalid content types served when using alias

Tom van der Woerdt info at tvdw.eu
Wed Oct 24 12:04:05 UTC 2012


No, I cannot change the URLs that are used by my application, although I 
can confirm that adding .js does fix it.

Tom


Op 10/24/12 1:58 PM, Wandenberg Peixoto schreef:
> But nginx set content type based on requested url, not on delivered 
> file, isn't a bug.
> Could you change the url to /client.js ?
> Tthis will solve everything, you will not have to set the default_type.
>
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Tom van der Woerdt <info at tvdw.eu 
> <mailto:info at tvdw.eu>> wrote:
>
>     Yes, that's the URL I am using. Using default_type is possible but
>     it still feels like a bug, especially since the actual file it's
>     serving does end with .js. I know it's possible with a rewrite but
>     that also feels like a hack instead of a real solution, especially
>     since the file I'm serving is outside the website's root folder.
>
>     Tom
>
>
>
>     On 10/24/12 1:44 PM, Wandenberg Peixoto wrote:
>>     Just to be clear, are you calling "example.com/client
>>     <http://example.com/client>" and serving a js file?
>>     If yes, this is the problem, the mime types works based on
>>     requested filename extension, if I am not wrong.
>>     As you called /client the nginx don't know what mime type to deliver.
>>     So, or you have too use the default_type on that location, or
>>     change the request to something like /client.js,
>>     or do a rewrite from /client to the js insted of use a location
>>     to that.
>>
>>     On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Tom van der Woerdt <info at tvdw.eu
>>     <mailto:info at tvdw.eu>> wrote:
>>
>>         Yes, this is in my nginx.conf file :
>>
>>         http {
>>                 include mime.types;
>>                 default_type application/octet-stream;
>>
>>                 {more}
>>
>>                 include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
>>         }
>>
>>         Tom
>>
>>
>>         Op 10/24/12 12:00 PM, Wandenberg Peixoto schreef:
>>>         Are you using a mime.types file? Or setting types block?
>>>         This file has a mapping from file extension to the content
>>>         type, may be what is missing on your configuration.
>>>
>>>         On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Tom van der Woerdt
>>>         <info at tvdw.eu <mailto:info at tvdw.eu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Thanks, that works, but it doesn't really sound like a
>>>             solution, more like a workaround.
>>>
>>>             Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>             Op 10/24/12 5:04 AM, Wandenberg Peixoto schreef:
>>>>             Try to set
>>>>
>>>>             default_type text/javascript;
>>>>
>>>>             instead of add_header.
>>>>
>>>>             Regards,
>>>>             Wandenberg
>>>>
>>>>             On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Tom van der Woerdt
>>>>             <info at tvdw.eu <mailto:info at tvdw.eu>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>                 I'm using nginx' locations to serve a javascript
>>>>                 file on '/client' :
>>>>
>>>>                     location = /client {
>>>>                         expires epoch;
>>>>                         alias /path/to/a/file.js;
>>>>                     }
>>>>
>>>>                 Works fine, with one major exception: it gets an
>>>>                 octet-stream Content-Type header. I tried to solve
>>>>                 this with :
>>>>
>>>>                         add_header Content-Type text/javascript;
>>>>
>>>>                 Now I get two Content-Type headers.
>>>>
>>>>                 The raw response:
>>>>
>>>>                 < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
>>>>                 < Server: nginx/1.3.6
>>>>                 < Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:42:27 GMT
>>>>                 < Content-Type: application/octet-stream
>>>>                 < Content-Length: 23245
>>>>                 < Last-Modified: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:09:12 GMT
>>>>                 < Connection: keep-alive
>>>>                 < ETag: "5081eba8-5acd"
>>>>                 < Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT
>>>>                 < Cache-Control: no-cache
>>>>                 < Content-Type: text/javascript
>>>>                 < Accept-Ranges: bytes
>>>>
>>>>                 nginx information :
>>>>
>>>>                 nginx version: nginx/1.3.6
>>>>                 built by gcc 4.4.6 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4) (GCC)
>>>>                 TLS SNI support enabled
>>>>                 configure arguments: --user=nginx --group=nginx
>>>>                 --with-http_ssl_module
>>>>                 --with-http_gzip_static_module
>>>>                 --with-http_secure_link_module
>>>>                 --with-http_realip_module
>>>>                 --with-http_stub_status_module --with-ipv6
>>>>                 --with-openssl=/root/libraries/openssl-1.0.1c/
>>>>                 --prefix=/etc/nginx/ --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx
>>>>                 --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
>>>>                 --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log
>>>>                 --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log
>>>>                 --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid
>>>>                 --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock
>>>>                 --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp
>>>>                 --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp
>>>>                 --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp
>>>>                 --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp
>>>>                 --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp
>>>>
>>>>                 Server information :
>>>>
>>>>                 Linux hostname.goes.here
>>>>                 2.6.32-279.5.2.el6.centos.plus.i686 #1 SMP Thu Aug
>>>>                 23 22:13:33 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>>                 It's not a major issue for me (browsers will accept
>>>>                 octet-stream just fine) but might be annoying for
>>>>                 other people, should they ever run into this.
>>>>
>>>>                 Tom
>>>>
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