Retrieve content from an HTTP request even if there is no contentlength header

Question

Testing with a client that sends me an HTTP request without a content length header but has content.

How to extract this content without using the contentlength header?

Answer 1

I kept the original answer for completeness, but I just looked at the HTTP RFC (2616) section 4.3:

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byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1)
{
    output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
// Now use the data in "output"

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Answer 2

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POST /some/path HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com
Content-Type: text/plain
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

25
This is the data in the first chunk

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and this is the second one

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Answer 3

. HTTPbis Part1, 3.3.