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-rw-r--r--src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
index b531d3d6..c99251e4 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
@@ -754,7 +754,16 @@ error_headers(#httpd{mochi_req=MochiReq}=Req, Code, ErrorStr, ReasonStr) ->
{Code, [{"WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"server\""}]};
_False ->
% if the accept header matches html, then do the redirect. else proceed as usual.
- case re:run(MochiReq:get_header_value("Accept"), "html", [{capture, none}]) of
+ Accepts = case MochiReq:get_header_value("Accept") of
+ undefined ->
+ % According to the HTTP 1.1 spec, if the Accept
+ % header is missing, it means the client accepts
+ % all media types.
+ "html";
+ Else ->
+ Else
+ end,
+ case re:run(Accepts, "html", [{capture, none}, caseless]) of
nomatch ->
{Code, []};
match ->