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rack-fix-content-type
= RackFixContentType
Fixes the content type of form uploads by using the file-utility. A lot of browsers screw up the content type so we don't trust the given value in the header.
==Usage
For rails, in environment.rb, just add
config.middleware.use "RackFixContentType::Middleware"
For sinatra, add
use RackFixContentType::Middleware
Other rack applications need to use the middleware accordingly.
==License
Uses the MIT-LICENSE
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We found that rack-fix-content-type demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 04 Mar 2013
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