[jira] [Created] (HTTPCORE-643) Add zero content-length to PUT and POST requests with no entity

["Carter Kozak (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Carter Kozak created HTTPCORE-643:
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             Summary: Add zero content-length to PUT and POST requests with no entity
                 Key: HTTPCORE-643
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCORE-643
             Project: HttpComponents HttpCore
          Issue Type: Improvement
    Affects Versions: 5.0.1
            Reporter: Carter Kozak


[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.2] states "A user agent SHOULD send a Content-Length in a request message when
 no Transfer-Encoding is sent and the request method defines a meaning
 for an enclosed payload body."

 

I encountered a proxy that rejected both PUT and POST requests with no content-length and no body by returning a 411 "Length Required" status. I believe this is rare, and servers are expected to support requests with and without a defined content length and no body, but it would be helpful to add the content-length by default to avoid incompatibility.



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