#1492: allow overriding BaseHTTPServer's content type for error messages.
diff --git a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
index e4e1a14..97d800c 100644
--- a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
import mimetools
import SocketServer
-# Default error message
+# Default error message template
DEFAULT_ERROR_MESSAGE = """\
<head>
<title>Error response</title>
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
</body>
"""
+DEFAULT_ERROR_CONTENT_TYPE = "text/html"
+
def _quote_html(html):
return html.replace("&", "&").replace("<", "<").replace(">", ">")
@@ -342,13 +344,14 @@
content = (self.error_message_format %
{'code': code, 'message': _quote_html(message), 'explain': explain})
self.send_response(code, message)
- self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/html")
+ self.send_header("Content-Type", self.error_content_type)
self.send_header('Connection', 'close')
self.end_headers()
if self.command != 'HEAD' and code >= 200 and code not in (204, 304):
self.wfile.write(content)
error_message_format = DEFAULT_ERROR_MESSAGE
+ error_content_type = DEFAULT_ERROR_CONTENT_TYPE
def send_response(self, code, message=None):
"""Send the response header and log the response code.