diff --git a/modules/events_view_http.go b/modules/events_view_http.go
index 9891ca7d..3e9c41bc 100644
--- a/modules/events_view_http.go
+++ b/modules/events_view_http.go
@@ -149,15 +149,15 @@ func (s *EventsStream) viewHttpRequest(e session.Event) {
 		}
 
 		if req.Body != nil {
-			if strings.Contains(req.ContentType, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") {
+			if req.IsType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded") {
 				dump += s.dumpForm(req.Body)
-			} else if strings.Contains(req.ContentType, "text/plain") {
+			} else if req.IsType("text/plain") {
 				dump += s.dumpText(req.Body)
-			} else if strings.Contains(req.ContentType, "text/xml") {
+			} else if req.IsType("text/xml") {
 				dump += s.dumpXML(req.Body)
-			} else if strings.Contains(req.ContentType, "gzip") {
+			} else if req.IsType("gzip") {
 				dump += s.dumpGZIP(req.Body)
-			} else if strings.Contains(req.ContentType, "application/json") {
+			} else if req.IsType("application/json") {
 				dump += s.dumpJSON(req.Body)
 			} else {
 				dump += s.dumpRaw(req.Body)
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ func (s *EventsStream) viewHttpResponse(e session.Event) {
 
 		if res.Body != nil {
 			// TODO: add more interesting response types
-			if strings.Contains(res.ContentType, "text/plain") {
+			if res.IsType("text/plain") {
 				dump += s.dumpText(res.Body)
-			} else if strings.Contains(res.ContentType, "application/json") {
+			} else if res.IsType("application/json") {
 				dump += s.dumpJSON(res.Body)
-			} else if strings.Contains(res.ContentType, "text/xml") {
+			} else if res.IsType("text/xml") {
 				dump += s.dumpXML(res.Body)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/modules/net_sniff_http.go b/modules/net_sniff_http.go
index ffe1bdd6..3a75b96f 100644
--- a/modules/net_sniff_http.go
+++ b/modules/net_sniff_http.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ type HTTPRequest struct {
 	Body        []byte      `json:"body"`
 }
 
+func (r HTTPRequest) IsType(ctype string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(r.ContentType, ctype)
+}
+
 type HTTPResponse struct {
 	Protocol         string      `json:"protocol"`
 	Status           string      `json:"status"`
@@ -37,6 +41,10 @@ type HTTPResponse struct {
 	TransferEncoding []string    `json:"transfer_encoding"`
 }
 
+func (r HTTPResponse) IsType(ctype string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(r.ContentType, ctype)
+}
+
 func toSerializableRequest(req *http.Request) HTTPRequest {
 	body := []byte(nil)
 	ctype := "?"