text like formats (json,csv,etc) misdetected as text/plain by mw
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	• bzimport
	Jun 2 2014, 2:58 PM

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Author: sreutenauer

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Getting next message when trying to upload a .json file :

L'extension du fichier « .json » ne correspond pas au type MIME détecté du fichier (text/plain).

'filetype-mime-mismatch'

Version: 1.22.6
Severity: normal
Whiteboard: aklapper-moreinfo

Mentioned In: T297514: Commons uploads: support Data and Document formats
Mentioned Here: rMW3846d1048766: Be stricter for file types where we don't know canonical extension

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 3:24 AM

• bzimport set Reference to bz66036.

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Hi,
does the file "mime.types" list

text/plain json

sreutenauer wrote:

Hello,

No, it dit not list "text/plain json"
I just added it and now it works fine.

Glad it works for you!
Resetting this ticket to INVALID as no code change was required.

This is technically the wrong solution. We should fix mime type detection for plain text like formats.

Also, I don't understand French, but that error sounds horribly uninformative. At a minimum, it should point the user to the manual page.

Originally my fault due to 3846d1048766a7a7ba0e57

Change 141765 had a related patch set uploaded by Brian Wolff:
Fix mime detection of easily-confused-with text/plain formats

Change 141765 merged by jenkins-bot:
Fix mime detection of easily-confused-with text/plain formats

Should be fixed in 1.24

• Gilles raised the priority of this task from Medium to Unbreak Now!.Dec 4 2014, 10:21 AM

• Gilles moved this task from Untriaged to Done on the Multimedia board.

• Gilles lowered the priority of this task from Unbreak Now! to Medium.Dec 4 2014, 11:23 AM