From 68fa4d13d813ca2ea017581d38060b1617bc67b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Conrad Chan <conrad@box.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:26:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Get response as text from axios (#957)

---
 src/lib/api.js | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/api.js b/src/lib/api.js
index 5f64059c5..eac7b9b73 100644
--- a/src/lib/api.js
+++ b/src/lib/api.js
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ const api = {
         return response.data;
     },
 
+    transformTextResponse: (data) => data,
+
     /**
      * Wrapper function for XHR post put and delete
      *
@@ -60,7 +62,13 @@ const api = {
      * @return {Promise} - XHR promise
      */
     xhr(url, options = {}) {
-        return axios(url, api.filterOptions(options))
+        let transformResponse;
+
+        if (options.responseType === 'text') {
+            transformResponse = api.transformTextResponse;
+        }
+
+        return axios(url, api.filterOptions({ transformResponse, ...options }))
             .then(api.parseResponse)
             .catch(api.handleError);
     },