resp_content_type: Extract response content type and encoding

In httr2: Perform HTTP Requests and Process the Responses

Extract response content type and encoding

Description

resp_content_type() returns the just the type and subtype of the from the Content-Type header. If Content-Type is not provided; it returns NA. Used by resp_body_json(), resp_body_html(), and resp_body_xml().

resp_encoding() returns the likely character encoding of text types, as parsed from the charset parameter of the Content-Type header. If that header is not found, not valid, or no charset parameter is found, returns UTF-8. Used by resp_body_string().

Usage

resp_content_type(resp)

resp_encoding(resp)

Arguments

resp	A httr2 response object, created by req_perform().

Value

A string. If no content type is specified resp_content_type() will return a character NA; if no encoding is specified, resp_encoding() will return "UTF-8".

Examples

resp <- response(headers = "Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8")
resp |> resp_content_type()
resp |> resp_encoding()

# No Content-Type header
resp <- response()
resp |> resp_content_type()
resp |> resp_encoding()

httr2 documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 7:52 p.m.