$http/$httpBackend support for overrideMimeType()

[quietmint]

Similar to the way I can create $http requests that set the withCredentials property on the underlying XMLHttpRequest, there should be a way for me to call overrideMimeType().

[caitp]

You could submit a PR for this, it should be a pretty minor change. overrideMimeType was first added to the XHR draft in 2007, so this covers us even for ie8 --- however it has changed ever so slightly and ie9 may not have caught up with those changes. Regardless, none of that is likely to matter much.

Send a PR so we can talk about merging it, or not. Personally, I don't see an issue with it (although I don't know what you'd really plan to do with it, to be honest)

[twwwt]

+1

[niftytushar]

+1

[julkue]

👍 With this feauture it would be possible to avoid Firefox's error message "not well formed" when loading local JSON file.

[derekperkins]

👍

[kuzyn]

👍

had to rely to xhr and it looks so wrong

[smurf667]

+1 - this would really help us