Could it be rocket does not like the chunked encoding in requests? Can you try another web server (look into anyserver,py) to isolate the problem.
On Saturday, 6 April 2013 04:04:33 UTC-5, Jes M wrote: > > Hi all: > > I'm trying expose a function for REST, more specifically to accept HTTP > POST request with XML message in the body. Following this article > http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/197, I use * > request.body.read()* to get the xml message. The code is: > > def api(): > *xml = request.body.read() # retrieve the raw POST data* > > logger.debug("Message XML Content: %s" % xml ) > > if len(xml) == 0: > xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><root>no post > data</root>' > raise HTTP(400) #malformed > else: > now = datetime.datetime.now() > date_time = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") > > db.messages.validate_and_insert(date_time=date_time,xmlcontent=XML(xml)) > > raise HTTP(200) #OK > > > When I test the code with curl and a XML message in a file everything > works, web2py extract the xml message and raise HTTP(200). But when on a > production environment (other server sending HTTP Post requests) > *request.body.read() > *can't read the body. In fact there's no error, simply the xml variable > is empty. > > I've capture a trace with wireshark and the production server is really > sending HTTP Post requests with XML. It appears as: > > POST /cosa/default/api HTTP/1.1 > Transfer-Encoding: chunked > Content-Type: application/xml > Host: 83.165.4.139:8000 > Connection: Keep-Alive > User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.2.2 (java 1.5) > > 330 > <choMessage> > <choData> > <choID>71</choID> > <data> > . . . . . . . > </data> > <data> > . . . . . . . > </data> > </choData> > </choMessage> > 0 > > HTTP/1.1 400 BAD REQUEST > Set-Cookie: > session_id_cosa=217.130.7.151-fecabd8f-2b3e-4f7b-9029-5777d25c8e7e; Path=/ > Content-Length: 15 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 > Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:40:36 GMT > Server: Rocket 1.2.6 Python/2.7.3 > Connection: keep-alive > > 400 BAD REQUESTHTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request > Content-Length: 11 > Content-Type: text/plain > > Bad Request > > > Any idea what is happenning? Why web2py is not able to read the body? What > am I doing wrong? > > Thanks in advance > > Jes > > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
