Re: [libmicrohttpd] requests without Content-Length HTTP header

[Ken Zangelin]

Hi again!

So, if I understand this correctly, my server will have to demand either the
'Content-Length' or the 'Transfer-Encoding' header in any incoming request.

I was hoping I could accept requests without any length detail at all.
Something like, if after a timeout of X milliseconds, the incoming package
is considered complete, or even better, let the MHD client inform the MHD 
library
that the incoming package is complete - passing it the payload as it comes in.

Right now with my tests without any of these two headers (PUT and POST) I get 
no payload at all in the callback function.
I'm guessing MHD treats this case at 'Content-Length: 0'.

Any interest in implementing something like this?

Thanks for the quick reply!

/Ken Z

On 31/01/14 12:12, Christian Grothoff wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This is not a known limitation, it should be possible to receive POST/PUT
> requests of unknown size / without length header.  Note that in this case,
> the client must use 'chunked' encoding for the upload (but MHD will strip
> the encoding, so you as the application will still only get the payload
> without the chunking).
>
>
> Happy hacking!
>
> Christian
>
> On 01/31/2014 09:51 AM, Ken Zangelin wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I use MHD for a REST server and I'm experiencing problems to receive the
> > payload for incoming requests that have no Content-Length HTTP header.
> > Is this a known 'limitation' of MHD or is it me doing something wrong?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > /Ken Z
> >
> >
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