req.accepts()

Return whether this request (req) advertises that it understands the specified media type.

If none of the media types are considered acceptable, this returns false. Otherwise, it returns truthy (the media type).

Usage

req.accepts(mediaType);

Example

If a request is sent with an "Accept: application/json" header:

req.accepts('application/json');
// -> 'application/json'

req.accepts('json');
// -> 'json'

req.accepts('image/png');
// -> false

If a request is sent with an "Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8" header:

req.accepts('html');
// -> 'html'

req.accepts('text/html');
// -> 'text/html'

req.accepts('json');
// -> false

Notes

• The specified media type may be provided as either a MIME type string such as "application/json", or an extension name such as "json".
• This is implemented by examining the request's "Accept" header.
• See the accepts package for the finer details of the header-parsing algorithm used in Sails/Express.