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instance method

Net::HTTPHeader#content_type

() -> (nil | ::String)

content_type

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/net/http/header.rb, line 746
def content_type
  main = main_type()
  return nil unless main

  sub = sub_type()
  if sub
    "#{main}/#{sub}"
  else
    main
  end
end

Returns the media type from the value of field 'Content-Type', or nil if no such field exists; see Content-Type response header:

Example

res = Net::HTTP.get_response(hostname, '/todos/1')
res['content-type'] # => "application/json; charset=utf-8"
res.content_type    # => "application/json"

See also #content_type= #content_range #content_length= #delete also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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