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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -443,10 +443,15 @@ In alignment with the
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specification, when a client does not include at least one supported media type
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in the ` Accept ` HTTP header, the server MUST either:
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- 1 . Disregard the ` Accept ` header and respond with the default media type of
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- ` application/json ` , specifying this in the ` Content-Type ` header; OR
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- 2 . Respond with a ` 406 Not Acceptable ` status code and stop processing the
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- request.
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+ 1 . Respond with a ` 406 Not Acceptable ` status code and stop processing the
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+ request (RECOMMENDED); OR
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+ 2 . Disregard the ` Accept ` header and respond with the server's choice of media
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+ type (NOT RECOMMENDED).
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+ Note: It is unlikely that a client can process a response that does not match
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+ one of the media types it has requested, hence ` 406 Not Acceptable ` being the
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+ recommended response. However, the server authors may know better about the
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+ specific clients consuming their endpoint, thus both approaches are permitted.
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A server MUST support any _ GraphQL-over-HTTP request_ which accepts the
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` application/json ` media type (as indicated by the ` Accept ` header).
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