Pass accepts header parameter to jQuery AJAX

Question

When I inspect the following code in Chrome Console it shows me a Request header Accept:undefined

jQuery.ajax({         url: _this.attr('href'),         accepts: "application/json; charset=utf-8",              }); }); 

How do I set accept type as JSON. I don't want to set a custom header or use beforeSend

Answer 1

Try this ,

$.ajax({        headers: {               Accept: "text/plain; charset=utf-8",              "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8"      }        data: "data",       success : function(response) {       // ...   } }); 

See this post for reference:

Cannot properly set the Accept HTTP header with jQuery

Answer 2

There two alternate ways to set accept header, which are as below:

1) setRequestHeader('Accept','application/json; charset=utf-8');  2) $.ajax({     dataType: ($.browser.msie) ? "text" : "json",     accepts: {         text: "application/json"     } });