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# ABSTRACT: Middleware to add Content-Length header automatically
use strict;
our $VERSION = '0.904'; # VERSION
sub request {
my $self = shift;
my ($method, $url, $args) = @_;
$args->{headers} = HTTP::AnyUA::Util::normalize_headers($args->{headers});
if (!defined $args->{headers}{'content-length'} && $args->{content} && !ref $args->{content}) {
$args->{headers}{'content-length'} = length $args->{content};
}
return $self->backend->request($method, $url, $args);
}
1;
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
HTTP::AnyUA::Middleware::ContentLength - Middleware to add Content-Length header automatically
=head1 VERSION
version 0.904
=head1 SYNOPSIS
$any_ua->apply_middleware('ContentLength');
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This middleware adds a Content-Length header to the request if the content is known (i.e. the
"content" field of the request options is a string instead of a coderef) and if the header is not
already set.
=head1 SEE ALSO
=over 4
=item *
L<HTTP::AnyUA::Middleware>
=back
=head1 BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a
patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired
feature.
=head1 AUTHOR
Charles McGarvey <chazmcgarvey@brokenzipper.com>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2019 by Charles McGarvey.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
=cut