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[jira] [Commented] (HTTPCORE-643) Add zero content-length to PUT
and POST requests with no entity
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Carter Kozak commented on HTTPCORE-643:
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I can't assign myself on this, but I'm planning to write a patch when I have time.
> Add zero content-length to PUT and POST requests with no entity
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>
> 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
> Priority: Major
>
> [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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