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Ticket #11134 (closed bug: wontfix)
$.post doesn't allow setting a contentType
| Reported by: | iwein | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | low | Milestone: | None |
| Component: | traversing | Version: | 1.7.1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocking: | Blocked by: |
Description
When posting json to a server you need to set the content type. This can not be done with the $post short-hand, and therefore requires fallback to $.ajax.
It would be great if $.post also supported a contentType.
Sample code: http://jsfiddle.net/bNA8T/
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8757681/why-does-jquery-post-json-as-a-parameter-name-instead-of-as-the-request-body for details and some more code.
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If you want finer control, use $.ajax.