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h2. Generating the Server Response Using the MIME Type

The server considers the value of the {{type}} attribute when deciding which {{Service}} directive in {{obj.conf}} to use to generate the response to the client.

By default, if the {{type}} does not start with {{magnus-internal/}}, the server sends the requested file to the client. The directive in {{obj.conf}} that contains this instruction is:

{code} {{Service method=(GET|HEAD|POST) type=*~magnus-internal/* fn=send-file}} {code}

By convention, all values of {{type}} that require the server to do something other than just send the requested resource to the client start with {{magnus-internal/}}.

For example, if the requested resource’s file extension is {{.map}}, the type is mapped to {{magnus-internal/imagemap}}. If the extension is {{.cgi,}} {{.exe}}, or {{.bat}}, the type is set to {{magnus-internal/cgi}}:
{code}
type=magnus-internal/imagemap exts=map
type=magnus-internal/cgi exts=cgi,exe,bat
{code}



If the {{type}} starts with {{magnus-internal/}}, the server executes whichever {{Service}} directive in {{obj.conf}} matches the specified type. For example, if the type is {{magnus-internal/imagemap}}, the server uses the {{imagemap}} function to generate the response to the client, as indicated by the following directive:

{{Service method=(GET|HEAD) type=magnus-internal/imagemap fn=imagemap}}