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JSON RPC (both the JSONRPC4Lua implementation and the <a href="http://www.jsolait.net/">jsolait Javascript</a> implementation) send the http request with a Content-Type of <code>text/plain</code>.<p/>

CGILua 5.0 does not accept <code>text/plain</code> content, and will generate an error of 'Unsupported Media Type: text/plain'.<p/>

This is easily patched in CGILua 5.0 by making the following change to <code>cgilua/post.lua</code>, line 286:<p/>
Change:<pre>
	elseif strfind (contenttype, "text/xml") then
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	elseif strfind (contenttype, "text/xml") or strfind (contenttype, "text/plain") then
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This makes CGILua handle <code>text/plain</code> as it does <code>text/xml</code>, without parsing the incoming POST data.<p/>

<b>Please note:</b> I have requested the maintainers of CGILua to make this change to CGILua, whereafter this patch will no longer be required.


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