overrideMimeType

Summary

Overrides the MIME type returned by the server.

Method of apis/xhr/XMLHttpRequestapis/xhr/XMLHttpRequest

Syntax

 .overrideMimeType();

Return Value

No return value

Examples

function handler() {
  if (xhr.readyState === 4 /* complete */) {
    if (xhr.status === 200) {
            console.log(xhr.responseText);
        }
    }
}

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
xhr.open("GET", "http://localhost/test.xml", true);
xhr.onreadystatechange = handler;
xhr.send();

Notes

This method may be used (for example) to force a returned stream to be treated and parsed as text/xml, even if the server does not report it as such. If used, this method must be called before send().

Related specifications

W3C XMLHttpRequest Specification

W3C Working Draft

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article