can't set content-type for `.json` files properly, not applying `config/web.xml`?

[wwlwpd]

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Content type seems to not be getting set.

This curl command will pull a live file, but the content header is set as application/octet-stream

curl -v http://chg-1.oden.tacc.utexas.edu/thredds/fileServer/asgs/2021/nam/2021081318/SABv20a/frontera.tacc.utexas.edu/SABv20a_nam_jgf/nowcast/scenario.status.json > test.json

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If this is not a bug (seems like it could be), then how does one make sure that conf/web.xml mime type mappings are applied properly or as desired?

Thank you!

[wwlwpd]

hi, I've determined that thredds (HTTPServer) seems to not use any of the mime defs in web.xml - most important is that I need to be able to add some mime types for files that are downloaded directly - how do I accomplish this.

[Julien Chastang]

@wwlwpd sorry I did not see this when it originally came through. Would it be possible to see all the json related mime-mappings currently available in your web.xml. I'd just like to sanity check that. Also this may, strictly speaking, not be a thredds-docker issue but related to thredds itself. Also how is the web.xml being mounted in to the container? I wonder if there is a problem there.

[wwlwpd]

Oh, sorry for the delay!

Here's the entry for JSON:

    <mime-mapping>
        <extension>json</extension>
        <mime-type>application/json</mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>

This is the one already in the container, /usr/local/tomcat/conf/web.xml. I did try to add a few other entries to make some files be treated as plain/text but it doesn't work and not worth debugging until I figure this json thing out. Thanks!!

[Julien Chastang]

Since, I do not believe this is a docker issue per se, I am referencing this core tds issue Unidata/tds#161 and closing this one.

[wwlwpd]

thank you!