# Plugin and content type
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 13, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139 "2013-03-13T16:52:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@eric\_sanford](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eric_sanford)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139/1 "2013-03-13T16:52:31Z")
hello
i have a plugin that defines REST endpoints
when i use soap ui to hit the endpoints... soap ui says "Not JSON content"
when i run the same search against the default ES URL
(i.e. [http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/\_search](http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/_search) ) rather than the
URLs defined in the plugin, the JSON content is properly displayed
I guess my question is...
how do i set the content type when returning data from a plugin like so...
_channel.sendResponse(new StringRestResponse(OK, entity.toString()));_
\*
\*
Thx !!!
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139/2 "2013-03-13T16:58:21Z")
Hey,
please check the hiercharchy of the StringRestResponse, you will see it
inherits from Utf8RestResponse, which defines its content-type.
You may need to set it to "application/json" manually, or better use a
another class, which extends AbstractRestResponse.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:52 PM, eric sanford
[pcstechnologiesinc@gmail.com](mailto:pcstechnologiesinc@gmail.com)wrote:
> hello
>
> i have a plugin that defines REST endpoints
>
> when i use soap ui to hit the endpoints... soap ui says "Not JSON content"
>
> when i run the same search against the default ES URL (i.e.
> [http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/\_search](http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/_search) ) rather than the URLs
> defined in the plugin, the JSON content is properly displayed
>
> I guess my question is...
>
> how do i set the content type when returning data from a plugin like so...
>
> _channel.sendResponse(new StringRestResponse(OK, entity.toString()));_
> \*
> \*
> Thx !!!
>
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### Author:  [@eric\_sanford](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eric_sanford)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139/3 "2013-03-13T17:12:03Z")
thanks !!
i looked at the hierarchy, and all type have a contentType() method.. but i
dont see how i can set it (there is no setter)
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:52:31 AM UTC-5, eric sanford wrote:
> hello
>
> i have a plugin that defines REST endpoints
>
> when i use soap ui to hit the endpoints... soap ui says "Not JSON content"
>
> when i run the same search against the default ES URL (i.e.
> [http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/\_search](http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/_search) ) rather than the URLs
> defined in the plugin, the JSON content is properly displayed
>
> I guess my question is...
>
> how do i set the content type when returning data from a plugin like so...
>
> _channel.sendResponse(new StringRestResponse(OK, entity.toString()));_
> \*
> \*
> Thx !!!
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### Author:  [@eric\_sanford](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eric_sanford)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139/4 "2013-03-13T17:12:10Z")
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:52:31 AM UTC-5, eric sanford wrote:
> hello
>
> i have a plugin that defines REST endpoints
>
> when i use soap ui to hit the endpoints... soap ui says "Not JSON content"
>
> when i run the same search against the default ES URL (i.e.
> [http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/\_search](http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/_search) ) rather than the URLs
> defined in the plugin, the JSON content is properly displayed
>
> I guess my question is...
>
> how do i set the content type when returning data from a plugin like so...
>
> _channel.sendResponse(new StringRestResponse(OK, entity.toString()));_
> \*
> \*
> Thx !!!
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### Author:  [@eric\_sanford](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eric_sanford)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139/5 "2013-03-13T17:15:17Z")
i dont see how to set the content type. all types that implement
RestResponse[http://rajish.github.com/api/elasticsearch/0.20.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.html](http://rajish.github.com/api/elasticsearch/0.20.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.html) seem
to have a contentType() method, which appears to be a getter... i cant
figure out how to set it
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:58:21 AM UTC-5, Alexander Reelsen wrote:
> Hey,
>
> please check the hiercharchy of the StringRestResponse, you will see it
> inherits from Utf8RestResponse, which defines its content-type.
> You may need to set it to "application/json" manually, or better use a
> another class, which extends AbstractRestResponse.
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:52 PM, eric sanford \<[pcstechno...@gmail.com](mailto:pcstechno...@gmail.com)\
>
> > wrote:
>
> > hello
> >
> > i have a plugin that defines REST endpoints
> >
> > when i use soap ui to hit the endpoints... soap ui says "Not JSON content"
> >
> > when i run the same search against the default ES URL (i.e.
> > [http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/\_search](http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/_search) ) rather than the URLs
> > defined in the plugin, the JSON content is properly displayed
> >
> > I guess my question is...
> >
> > how do i set the content type when returning data from a plugin like so...
> >
> > _channel.sendResponse(new StringRestResponse(OK, entity.toString()));_
> > \*
> > \*
> > Thx !!!
> >
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139/6 "2013-03-13T17:26:26Z")
Hey,
just override it in your own class then?
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:15 PM, eric sanford
[pcstechnologiesinc@gmail.com](mailto:pcstechnologiesinc@gmail.com)wrote:
> i dont see how to set the content type. all types that implement
> RestResponse[http://rajish.github.com/api/elasticsearch/0.20.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.html](http://rajish.github.com/api/elasticsearch/0.20.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT/org/elasticsearch/rest/RestResponse.html) seem
> to have a contentType() method, which appears to be a getter... i cant
> figure out how to set it
>
> On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:58:21 AM UTC-5, Alexander Reelsen wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > please check the hiercharchy of the StringRestResponse, you will see it
> > inherits from Utf8RestResponse, which defines its content-type.
> > You may need to set it to "application/json" manually, or better use a
> > another class, which extends AbstractRestResponse.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:52 PM, eric sanford [pcstechno...@gmail.com](mailto:pcstechno...@gmail.com)wrote:
> >
> > > hello
> > >
> > > i have a plugin that defines REST endpoints
> > >
> > > when i use soap ui to hit the endpoints... soap ui says "Not JSON
> > > content"
> > >
> > > when i run the same search against the default ES URL (i.e.
> > > [http://localhost:9210/\*\*scnprobldir3a/item/\_search](http://localhost:9210/**scnprobldir3a/item/_search)[http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/\_search](http://localhost:9210/scnprobldir3a/item/_search)) rather than the URLs defined in the plugin, the JSON content is properly
> > > displayed
> > >
> > > I guess my question is...
> > >
> > > how do i set the content type when returning data from a plugin like
> > > so...
> > >
> > > _channel.sendResponse(new StringRestResponse(OK, entity.toString()));_
> > > \*
> > > \*
> > > Thx !!!
> > >
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-and-content-type/11139/7 "2017-07-06T02:46:38Z")