Support additional mime types in hapi - mime-types

Question

I am working on a graphql + relay app served on top of hapi and would like to support requests to the graphql endpoint with the application/graphql mime type.
Here you can see me sending POST requests to the graphql endpoint.
~> curl -X POST --header "Content-Type:application/json" -d '{"query":"{content(id:\"13381672\"){title,id}}"}' http://127.0.0.1:8000/graphql
{"data":{"content":{"title":"Example Title","id":"13381672"}}}
~> curl -X POST --header "Content-Type:application/graphql" -d '{"query":"{content(id:\"13381672\"){title,id}}"}' http://127.0.0.1:8000/graphql
{"statusCode":415,"error":"Unsupported Media Type"}
I do not see any place in my hapi server options where there is any explicit configuration for mime types and other than some terse documentation here.
I have set up an options mime configuration as per the below, passing options into the server instantiation, but I am still seeing the "Unsupported Media Type" error.
options.mime = {
override: {
'application/graphql': {
charset: 'UTF-8',
compressible: true,
type: 'application/graphql'
}
}
};
Does anybody else here have this kind of experience with hapi?

Answer 1

Each route has a payload config option which takes an allow property that lets hapi know which mimetypes to allow for that route. If you set it to application/graphql, and the parse option to false, your requests will work.
Unfortunately, you'll have to parse the payload yourself.
Here's an example route:
server.route({
method: ['POST', 'PUT'],
path: '/graphql',
config: {
payload: {
parse: false,
allow: 'application/graphql'
}
},
handler: function(request, reply) {
reply(request.payload)
}
})