Selected Type - Accept Header Picks JSON

The matching variant becomes the response type.

highlighted = computed this step

The selected Content-Type is JSON

The response Content-Type row is application/json.

\text{Content-Type}=\text{application/json}

The check row compares the request Accept value with the selected Content-Type.

\text{Accept matches selected type}

The text/html candidate did not match this pinned Accept header.

\text{text/html not selected}

The response shape follows the exact Accept value in the toy request.

\text{JSON selected}