Bug 42017

Summary: Fix content type of OPAC news RSS
Product: Koha Reporter: Owen Leonard <oleonard>
Component: OPACAssignee: Owen Leonard <oleonard>
Status: Signed Off --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: minor    
Priority: P5 - low    
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Bug 42017: Fix content type of OPAC news RSS

Description Owen Leonard 2026-03-06 19:37:38 UTC
I noticed that in Firefox, the default XML viewer isn't triggered when I view the OPAC news RSS feed. That seems to be because opac-news-rss.pl uses output_html_with_http_headers instead of output_with_http_headers.
Comment 1 Owen Leonard 2026-03-06 19:48:24 UTC
Created attachment 194904 [details] [review]
Bug 42017: Fix content type of OPAC news RSS

This patch updates opac-news-rss.pl so that it outputs data with the
correct content type, text/xml.

To reproduce you must have at least one news item in your system. From
the OPAC main page, click the RSS feed link.
  - If you are using Firefox or Chrome you will see unstyled plain test
    on the screen.
You may or may not be able to see the problem if your
browser (e.g. Vivaldi) has a built-in RSS reader.

To test, apply the patch and restart services.

- In the OPAC, from the main page, click the RSS feed link at the bottom
  of the OPAC news list.
- You should see the XML view of the feed. This confirms that the
  browser is receiving the correct content type.

Sponsored-by: Athens County Public Libraries
Comment 2 Roman Dolny 2026-03-06 20:18:18 UTC
Created attachment 194906 [details] [review]
Bug 42017: Fix content type of OPAC news RSS

This patch updates opac-news-rss.pl so that it outputs data with the
correct content type, text/xml.

To reproduce you must have at least one news item in your system. From
the OPAC main page, click the RSS feed link.
  - If you are using Firefox or Chrome you will see unstyled plain test
    on the screen.
You may or may not be able to see the problem if your
browser (e.g. Vivaldi) has a built-in RSS reader.

To test, apply the patch and restart services.

- In the OPAC, from the main page, click the RSS feed link at the bottom
  of the OPAC news list.
- You should see the XML view of the feed. This confirms that the
  browser is receiving the correct content type.

Sponsored-by: Athens County Public Libraries
Signed-off-by: Roman Dolny <roman.dolny@jezuici.pl>