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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-02-23 15:02:28 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-02-23 15:02:28 (GMT)
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#1492: allow overriding BaseHTTPServer's content type for error messages.
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@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ to a handler. Code to create and run the server looks like this::
class variable.
+.. attribute:: BaseHTTPRequestHandler.error_content_type
+
+ Specifies the Content-Type HTTP header of error responses sent to the client.
+ The default value is ``'text/html'``.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.6
+ Previously, the content type was always ``'text/html'``.
+
+
.. attribute:: BaseHTTPRequestHandler.protocol_version
This specifies the HTTP protocol version used in responses. If set to