Ability to add fallback content-type value for response auto unmarshaling

middleware.go

@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ func requestLogger(c *Client, r *Request) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-//
+//‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 // Response Middleware(s)
-//
+//___________________________________
 
 func responseLogger(c *Client, res *Response) error {
 	if c.Debug {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func responseLogger(c *Client, res *Response) error {
 
 func parseResponseBody(c *Client, res *Response) (err error) {
 	// Handles only JSON or XML content type
-	ct := res.Header().Get(hdrContentTypeKey)
+	ct := firstNonEmpty(res.Header().Get(hdrContentTypeKey), res.Request.fallbackContentType)
 	if IsJSONType(ct) || IsXMLType(ct) {
 		// Considered as Result
 		if res.StatusCode() > 199 && res.StatusCode() < 300 {

request.go

@@ -354,9 +354,16 @@ func (r *Request) SetDoNotParseResponse(parse bool) *Request {
 	return r
 }
 
-//
+// ExpectContentType method allows to provide fallback `Content-Type` for automatic unmarshalling
+// when `Content-Type` response header is unavailable.
+func (r *Request) ExpectContentType(contentType string) *Request {
+	r.fallbackContentType = contentType
+	return r
+}
+
+//‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 // HTTP verb method starts here
-//
+//___________________________________
 
 // Get method does GET HTTP request. It's defined in section 4.3.1 of RFC7231.
 func (r *Request) Get(url string) (*Response, error) {
@@ -448,6 +455,10 @@ func (r *Request) Execute(method, url string) (*Response, error) {
 	return resp, err
 }
 
+//‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+// Unexported methods
+//___________________________________
+
 func (r *Request) fmtBodyString() (body string) {
 	body = "***** NO CONTENT *****"
 	if isPayloadSupported(r.Method, r.client.AllowGetMethodPayload) {

request16.go

@@ -35,15 +35,16 @@ type Request struct {
 	RawRequest *http.Request
 	SRV        *SRVRecord
 
-	client           *Client
-	bodyBuf          *bytes.Buffer
-	isMultiPart      bool
-	isFormData       bool
-	setContentLength bool
-	isSaveResponse   bool
-	outputFile       string
-	multipartFiles   []*File
-	notParseResponse bool
+	client              *Client
+	bodyBuf             *bytes.Buffer
+	isMultiPart         bool
+	isFormData          bool
+	setContentLength    bool
+	isSaveResponse      bool
+	outputFile          string
+	multipartFiles      []*File
+	notParseResponse    bool
+	fallbackContentType string
 }
 
 func (r *Request) addContextIfAvailable() {

request17.go

@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@ type Request struct {
 	RawRequest *http.Request
 	SRV        *SRVRecord
 
-	client           *Client
-	bodyBuf          *bytes.Buffer
-	isMultiPart      bool
-	isFormData       bool
-	setContentLength bool
-	isSaveResponse   bool
-	outputFile       string
-	multipartFiles   []*File
-	notParseResponse bool
-	ctx              context.Context
+	client              *Client
+	bodyBuf             *bytes.Buffer
+	isMultiPart         bool
+	isFormData          bool
+	setContentLength    bool
+	isSaveResponse      bool
+	outputFile          string
+	multipartFiles      []*File
+	notParseResponse    bool
+	ctx                 context.Context
+	fallbackContentType string
 }
 
 // SetContext method sets the context.Context for current Request. It allows

resty_test.go

@@ -1111,7 +1111,6 @@ func TestContextInternal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertError(t, err)
 	assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
-
 }
 
 func TestSRV(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1193,6 +1192,28 @@ func TestRequestDoNotParseResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	SetDoNotParseResponse(false)
 }
 
+type noCtTest struct {
+	Response string `json:"response"`
+}
+
+func TestRequestExpectContentTypeTest(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := createGenServer(t)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	c := dc()
+	resp, err := c.R().
+		SetResult(noCtTest{}).
+		ExpectContentType("application/json").
+		Get(ts.URL + "/json-no-set")
+
+	assertError(t, err)
+	assertEqual(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode())
+	assertNotNil(t, resp.Result())
+	assertEqual(t, "json response no content type set", resp.Result().(*noCtTest).Response)
+
+	assertEqual(t, "", firstNonEmpty("", ""))
+}
+
 //‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 // Testing Unexported methods
 //___________________________________
@@ -1541,6 +1562,16 @@ func createGenServer(t *testing.T) *httptest.Server {
 		t.Logf("Method: %v", r.Method)
 		t.Logf("Path: %v", r.URL.Path)
 
+		if r.Method == MethodGet {
+			if r.URL.Path == "/json-no-set" {
+				// Set empty header value for testing, since Go server sets to
+				// text/plain; charset=utf-8
+				w.Header().Set(hdrContentTypeKey, "")
+				_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"response":"json response no content type set"}`))
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
 		if r.Method == MethodPut {
 			if r.URL.Path == "/plaintext" {
 				_, _ = w.Write([]byte("TestPut: plain text response"))
@@ -1551,17 +1582,20 @@ func createGenServer(t *testing.T) *httptest.Server {
 				w.Header().Set(hdrContentTypeKey, "application/xml")
 				_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Response>XML response</Response>`))
 			}
+			return
 		}
 
 		if r.Method == MethodOptions && r.URL.Path == "/options" {
 			w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "localhost")
 			w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "PUT, PATCH")
 			w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", "x-go-resty-id")
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			return
 		}
 
 		if r.Method == MethodPatch && r.URL.Path == "/patch" {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			return
 		}
 	})
 

util.go

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Jeevanandam M ([email protected]), All rights reserved.
+// resty source code and usage is governed by a MIT style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package resty
+
+func firstNonEmpty(v ...string) string {
+	for _, s := range v {
+		if !IsStringEmpty(s) {
+			return s
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}