- # req_mimetypes contains all Accept header MIME types with descending priority
- req_mimetypes.each do |mime|
- if mime.symbol == :xml
- request.format = "xml"
- break
- end
-
- if mime.symbol == :json
- request.format = "json"
- break
- end
+ if accept_header
+ # Some clients (such asJOSM) send Accept headers which cannot be
+ # parse by Rails, for example:
+ #
+ # Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, *; q=.2, */*; q=.2
+ #
+ # where both "*" and ".2" as a quality do not adhere to the syntax
+ # described in RFC 7231, section 5.3.1, etc.
+ #
+ # As a workaround, and for back compatibility, default to XML format.
+ mimetypes = begin
+ Mime::Type.parse(accept_header)
+ rescue Mime::Type::InvalidMimeType
+ Array(Mime[:xml])
+ end