Missing or empty HTTP "Content-Type"

[email_toan]

I am having a terrible time trying to complete a large file upload using REST/HTTP Post.

I am able to start an upload session and append to an active session but when I call finsih I get the following error:

Error in call to API function "files/upload_session/finish": Missing or empty HTTP "Content-Type" header.  Expecting one of "application/octet-stream", "text/plain; charset=dropbox-cors-hack"

My C++ code:

bool FinishSession(char* TargetPath,char* SessionID, char* Offset)
{
CRect rest;
bool bAutoReconnect=true;
if(!rest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect))
  return 0;

//build dropbox args
char DropboxArgs[255];
 ZeroMemory(DropboxArgs,255);
 sprintf(DropboxArgs,"{\"cursor\": {\"session_id\":\"%s\",\"offset\":%s},\"commit\":{\"path\":\"%s\",\"mode\":{\".tag\":\"overwrite\"},\"autorename\":false,\"mute\":false}}",SessionID,Offset,TargetPath);

//add header vars
rest.AddHeader("Authorization",AxxToken);
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/octet-stream");
rest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg",DropboxArgs);

//POST to Dropbox
const char *response = rest.Post("POST","/2/files/upload_session/finish");
if(response==NULL)
  return 0;

CJson json(response);
if(!json.Find("name"))
{
//response=Error in call to API function "files/upload_session/finish": Missing or empty HTTP "Content-Type" header.  Expecting one of "application/octet-stream", "text/plain; charset=dropbox-cors-hack"
  return 0;
}
return 1;
}

[Steve M. · Accepted solution]

What is CRect?

My best guess would be that the library you're using to make HTTP requests omits the Content-Type header when there's no POST body.

[email_toan]

That's actually a typo.  Yes, CRest is a class library I used to make HTTP requests.  Removing the Content-Type header didn't work for me, however your responde lead me to discover if I post with a body, the API method succeeds.  So I've updated my logic to accomodate this.

Steve, thank you for your help.