The XMLHttpRequest
method overrideMimeType()
specifies a MIME type other than the one provided by the server to be used instead when interpreting the data being transferred in a request.
This may be used, for example, to force a stream to be treated and parsed as "text/xml"
, even if the server does not report it as such. This method must be called before calling send()
.
overrideMimeType(mimeType)
This example specifies a MIME type of "text/plain"
, overriding the server's stated type for the data being received.
Note: If the server doesn't provide a Content-Type
header, XMLHttpRequest
assumes that the MIME type is "text/xml"
. If the content isn't valid XML, an "XML Parsing Error: not well-formed" error occurs. You can avoid this by calling overrideMimeType()
to specify a different type.
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.overrideMimeType("text/plain");
req.addEventListener("load", callback, false);
req.open("get", url);
req.send();