Prototype of chunked transfer encoded POST.

net/http/http_util.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // The rules for parsing content-types were borrowed from Firefox:
 // http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/netwerk/base/src/nsURLHelper.cpp#834
 
 #include "net/http/http_util.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
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   // Our consumer should have made sure that this is a safe referrer.  See for
   // instance WebCore::FrameLoader::HideReferrer.
   if (request_info->referrer.is_valid()) {
     request_headers->SetHeader(HttpRequestHeaders::kReferer,
                                request_info->referrer.spec());
   }
 
   // Add a content length header?
   if (upload_data_stream) {
-    request_headers->SetHeader(
-        HttpRequestHeaders::kContentLength,
-        base::Uint64ToString(upload_data_stream->size()));
+    if (upload_data_stream->is_chunked()) {
+      request_headers->SetHeader(
+          HttpRequestHeaders::kTransferEncoding, "Chunked");

[wtc, 2011/01/12 02:39:02]

Use lowercase "chunked", which is the string used in
HTTP 1.1 RFC 2616.

[Satish, 2011/01/13 17:43:27]

Done.

+    } else {
+      request_headers->SetHeader(
+          HttpRequestHeaders::kContentLength,
+          base::Uint64ToString(upload_data_stream->size()));
+    }
   } else if (request_info->method == "POST" || request_info->method == "PUT" ||
              request_info->method == "HEAD") {
     // An empty POST/PUT request still needs a content length.  As for HEAD,
     // IE and Safari also add a content length header.  Presumably it is to
     // support sending a HEAD request to an URL that only expects to be sent a
     // POST or some other method that normally would have a message body.
     request_headers->SetHeader(HttpRequestHeaders::kContentLength, "0");
   }
 
   // Honor load flags that impact proxy caches.
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       value_is_quoted_ = true;
       // Do not store iterators into this. See declaration of unquoted_value_.
       unquoted_value_ = HttpUtil::Unquote(value_begin_, value_end_);
     }
   }
 
   return true;
 }
 
 }  // namespace net