Error 406 Not Acceptable JSON

Question

http://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF/Artifactory+REST+API#ArtifactoryRESTAPI-CreateorReplaceRepositoryConfiguration

I am using the Create or Replace Repository Configuration call. However I am getting a 406 Error: Not Acceptable. Other PUT calls are working but do not return JSON. I believe JSON is the source of the error but have not been able to resolve or prove this.

I have added the code as below

RestClient Client = new RestClient(uriString);
RestRequest Request = new RestRequest(requestType);

Request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + credentials);
Request.AddHeader("Accept", "application/json");

I've seen threads where adding the header to accept JSON resolves the error but this has not worked for me.

Answer 1

A 406 HTTP status means that if a web server detects that the data it wants to return is not acceptable to the client, it returns a header containing the 406 error code. The client can define the characteristics of the data it will accept back from the web server by using the accept headers.
In this case you declare the you would like to accept application/json:

Request.AddHeader("Accept", "application/json");

however the REST API method you are invoking is returning text/plain.
You should change the code to accept text/plain:

Request.AddHeader("Accept", "text/plain");