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This page explains how MIME types (media types, content types) are mapped to file extensions in Magnolia.
Configuration
MIME types are configured in config:/server/MIMEMapping. You can edit them with the Configuration app.
Example: The MIME type text/html is mapped to extension html. The type application/x-javascript is mapped to extension js.
| Node name | value |
|---|---|
| text/html | |
| application/x-javascript | |
| js |
The example above shows just two types. Magnolia configures many more MIME types by default.
Properties:
| required Parent node name such as |
| required MIME type for the given file extension. See Official list of media types. |
| optional File extension. If not set, |
ContentTypeFilter
ContentTypeFilter is a filter in the Magnolia filter chain.
ContentTypeFilter does not set the response content type, instead it's the responsibility of renderers/servlets to set correct content type (for instance FreemarkerRenderer sets the content type). However, ContentTypeFilter sets some parameters onto AggregationState and takes care of restricting responses to configured MIME types and matching requests to content types.
Restricting responses to configured MIME types
By default, Magnolia tries to respond to every request, even if the MIME type is not configured. To restrict responses to configured MIME types only, add a registeredExtensionsOnly property to the contentType filter configuration:
| Node name | value |
|---|---|
| info.magnolia.cms.filters.ContentTypeFilter | |
| true | |
| true |
When registeredExtensionsOnly is true Magnolia will respond with response code 400 to requests with extensions that are not registered in MIMEMapping.
If the request has no extension, Magnolia assumes it is html.
Matching requests to content types
You can restrict responses to match content types with the validateContentType property.
Example: If you request https://demopublic.magnolia-cms.com/travel.c, the HTML source is returned because of the text/plain MIME mapping in /server/MIMEMapping/c
To force content type matching, add the validateContentType property in server/filters/contentType and set the value to true.
| Node name | value |
|---|---|
| info.magnolia.cms.filters.ContentTypeFilter | |
| true | |
| true | |
| true |
When the validateContentType property is set to true, Magnolia will respond with response code 400 if the requested extension does not match the content type. This property essentially disables all unknown extensions.
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