*/* does not match text/*

[lkmill]

const accepts = require('accepts')

const accept = accepts({
  headers: {
    'accept': 'text/*',
  },
})

console.log(accept.types([ 'application/json', 'text/html' ])) // > text/html
console.log(accept.types([ 'application/json', '*/*' ])) // > false

[dougwilson]

This is because you cannot use partial types in the .types function (https://github.com/jshttp/accepts#typetypes):

The types array can contain full MIME types or file extensions.

What are you trying to accomplish with the above?

[lkmill]

ah, i see.

well i want the / to act as a catch all... essentially i want to return json if that matches the accept header, otherwise html.

https://github.com/midwest-js/responder/blob/master/index.js#L61

[dougwilson]

Would this work for your use-case? responses[req.accepts(['json']) || '*/*']

[lkmill]

now that i know i am using it wrong i was planning on implementing something like that, yes. thanks for your quick answers!

[dougwilson]

No problem!