How the Type Affects the Response

The server considers the value of the type attribute when deciding which Service directive in obj.conf to use to generate the response to the client.

By default, if the type does not start with magnus-internal/, the server sends the requested file to the client. The directive in obj.conf that contains this instruction is:

Service method=(GET|HEAD|POST) type=*~magnus-internal/* fn=send-file

By convention, all values of type that require the server to take an action other than sending the requested resource to the client start with magnus-internal/.

For example, if the requested resource’s file extension is .map, the type is mapped to magnus-internal/imagemap. If the extension is .cgi, .exe, or .bat, the type is set to magnus-internal/cgi:

type=magnus-internal/imagemap       exts=map
type=magnus-internal/cgi            exts=cgi,exe,bat

      

If the type starts with magnus-internal/, the server executes the Service directive in obj.conf that matches the specified type. For example, if the type is magnus-internal/imagemap, the server uses the imagemap function to generate the response to the client, as indicated by the following directive:

Service method=(GET|HEAD) type=magnus-internal/imagemap fn=imagemap