diff --git a/internal/web/request_accept.go b/internal/web/request_accept.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07ddf30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/web/request_accept.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package web
+
+import "net/http"
+
+func accept(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request, contentTypes ...string) bool {
+	contentType := request.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	for _, accepted := range contentTypes {
+		if contentType == accepted {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	writeString(writer, http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType, "unsupported media type")
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go b/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go
index e114043..b552300 100644
--- a/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go
+++ b/internal/web/v2_end_create_paste.go
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ type v2EndpointCreatePastePayload struct {
 
 func (server *Server) v2EndpointCreatePaste(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	// Read, parse and validate the request payload
+	if !accept(writer, request, "application/json") {
+		return
+	}
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErr(request, writer, err)
diff --git a/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go b/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go
index 6c58882..8a6d1b7 100644
--- a/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go
+++ b/internal/web/v2_end_modify_paste.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ func (server *Server) v2EndpointModifyPaste(writer http.ResponseWriter, request
 	}
 
 	// Read, parse and validate the request payload
+	if !accept(writer, request, "application/json") {
+		return
+	}
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErr(request, writer, err)
diff --git a/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go b/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go
index b48f1fc..2fb0513 100644
--- a/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go
+++ b/internal/web/v2_end_report_paste.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ func (server *Server) v2EndpointReportPaste(writer http.ResponseWriter, request
 	}
 
 	// Read, parse and validate the request payload
+	if !accept(writer, request, "application/json") {
+		return
+	}
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErr(request, writer, err)