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Re: HTTP headers
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From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:26:14 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 12 Jun 2024, Ali Nasir via curl-library wrote:
> I have a question about the HTTP headers. The use case is a file
> transfer using multipart form data. We have a custom header to send. For
> example Shoe-Size: 10.
> When we set this header using:
> list = curl_slist_append(list, "Shoesize: 10");
> curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, list);
> then i notice that the libcurl does not set the Content-Type and
> Content-Length: headers.
This does not match the intended, tested or documented behavior.
Easily verified with this:
curl -H "Shoesize: 10" -d moo -v localhost
... sends both Content-Length and Content-Type correctly.
> If we set some custom header, why does libcurl remove the content headers?
If you can give us a small stand-alone example reproducing this, maybe we can
figure out what's going on!
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:26:14 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 12 Jun 2024, Ali Nasir via curl-library wrote:
> I have a question about the HTTP headers. The use case is a file
> transfer using multipart form data. We have a custom header to send. For
> example Shoe-Size: 10.
> When we set this header using:
> list = curl_slist_append(list, "Shoesize: 10");
> curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, list);
> then i notice that the libcurl does not set the Content-Type and
> Content-Length: headers.
This does not match the intended, tested or documented behavior.
Easily verified with this:
curl -H "Shoesize: 10" -d moo -v localhost
... sends both Content-Length and Content-Type correctly.
> If we set some custom header, why does libcurl remove the content headers?
If you can give us a small stand-alone example reproducing this, maybe we can
figure out what's going on!
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