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-rw-r--r--src/cowboy_http_rest.erl8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cowboy_http_rest.erl b/src/cowboy_http_rest.erl
index 8bce1d4..c19d838 100644
--- a/src/cowboy_http_rest.erl
+++ b/src/cowboy_http_rest.erl
@@ -729,10 +729,14 @@ put_resource(Req, State, OnTrue) ->
choose_content_type(Req3, State2, OnTrue, ContentType, CTA)
end.
+%% The special content type '*' will always match. It can be used as a
+%% catch-all content type for accepting any kind of request content.
+%% Note that because it will always match, it should be the last of the
+%% list of content types, otherwise it'll shadow the ones following.
choose_content_type(Req, State, _OnTrue, _ContentType, []) ->
respond(Req, State, 415);
-choose_content_type(Req, State, OnTrue, ContentType,
- [{Accepted, Fun}|_Tail]) when ContentType =:= Accepted ->
+choose_content_type(Req, State, OnTrue, ContentType, [{Accepted, Fun}|_Tail])
+ when Accepted =:= '*' orelse Accepted =:= ContentType ->
case call(Req, State, Fun) of
{halt, Req2, HandlerState} ->
terminate(Req2, State#state{handler_state=HandlerState});