Date: 07/17/05 (Apache)    Keywords: apache

I've got a question about content negotiation... Basically, I'd like to know if there's a way to make type-maps and the MultiViews option work side-by-side. I'd like to utilize both within the same directory. Right now, the only way I can access a resource via type-map is by specifying the .var extension in the URL, even though ".var" isn't part of the resource name.

If I don't specify the .var extension in the URL, then MultiViews takes over. To test things out, if you visit http://img.cparker15.com/bushcheney04 you get one of three formats of images, all with the same base (resource) name; a PNG, a GIF, or a JPEG. If you visit http://img.cparker15.com/bushcheney04.var, then you get a text file, which I've specified in the type-map (.var file) to have the highest "quality".

Here is my type-map file:

URI: bushcheney04

URI: bushcheney04.txt
Content-type: text/plain; qs=0.800

URI: bushcheney04.png
Content-type: image/png; qs=0.600

URI: bushcheney04.gif
Content-type: image/gif; qs=0.400

URI: bushcheney04.jpg
Content-type: image/jpeg; qs=0.200

        
                AddHandler type-map .var
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        

cross-posted from #apache on DALnet and to cparker

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/apache/22990.html