WebServer: rename & expose internal 'contentLength' variable for POST…

libraries/WebServer/src/Parsing.cpp

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ bool WebServer::_parseRequest(WiFiClient& client) {
   //reset header value
   for (int i = 0; i < _headerKeysCount; ++i) {
     _currentHeaders[i].value =String();
-   }
+  }
 
   // First line of HTTP request looks like "GET /path HTTP/1.1"
   // Retrieve the "/path" part by finding the spaces
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ bool WebServer::_parseRequest(WiFiClient& client) {
   }
   _currentUri = url;
   _chunked = false;
+  _clientContentLength = 0;  // not known yet, or invalid
 
   HTTPMethod method = HTTP_ANY;
   size_t num_methods = sizeof(_http_method_str) / sizeof(const char *);
@@ -136,7 +137,6 @@ bool WebServer::_parseRequest(WiFiClient& client) {
     String headerValue;
     bool isForm = false;
     bool isEncoded = false;
-    uint32_t contentLength = 0;
     //parse headers
     while(1){
       req = client.readStringUntil('\r');
@@ -167,20 +167,20 @@ bool WebServer::_parseRequest(WiFiClient& client) {
           isForm = true;
         }
       } else if (headerName.equalsIgnoreCase(F("Content-Length"))){
-        contentLength = headerValue.toInt();
+        _clientContentLength = headerValue.toInt();
       } else if (headerName.equalsIgnoreCase(F("Host"))){
         _hostHeader = headerValue;
       }
     }
 
     if (!isForm){
       size_t plainLength;
-      char* plainBuf = readBytesWithTimeout(client, contentLength, plainLength, HTTP_MAX_POST_WAIT);
-      if (plainLength < contentLength) {
+      char* plainBuf = readBytesWithTimeout(client, _clientContentLength, plainLength, HTTP_MAX_POST_WAIT);
+      if (plainLength < _clientContentLength) {
       	free(plainBuf);
       	return false;
       }
-      if (contentLength > 0) {
+      if (_clientContentLength > 0) {
         if(isEncoded){
           //url encoded form
           if (searchStr != "") searchStr += '&';
@@ -200,11 +200,10 @@ bool WebServer::_parseRequest(WiFiClient& client) {
         // No content - but we can still have arguments in the URL.
         _parseArguments(searchStr);
       }
-    }
-
-    if (isForm){
+    } else {
+      // it IS a form
       _parseArguments(searchStr);
-      if (!_parseForm(client, boundaryStr, contentLength)) {
+      if (!_parseForm(client, boundaryStr, _clientContentLength)) {
         return false;
       }
     }

libraries/WebServer/src/WebServer.cpp

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ WebServer::WebServer(IPAddress addr, int port)
 , _headerKeysCount(0)
 , _currentHeaders(nullptr)
 , _contentLength(0)
+, _clientContentLength(0)
 , _chunked(false)
 {
   log_v("WebServer::Webserver(addr=%s, port=%d)", addr.toString().c_str(), port);
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ WebServer::WebServer(int port)
 , _headerKeysCount(0)
 , _currentHeaders(nullptr)
 , _contentLength(0)
+, _clientContentLength(0)
 , _chunked(false)
 {
   log_v("WebServer::Webserver(port=%d)", port);

libraries/WebServer/src/WebServer.h

@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ class WebServer
   int args();                     // get arguments count
   bool hasArg(String name);       // check if argument exists
   void collectHeaders(const char* headerKeys[], const size_t headerKeysCount); // set the request headers to collect
-  String header(String name);      // get request header value by name
-  String header(int i);              // get request header value by number
-  String headerName(int i);          // get request header name by number
-  int headers();                     // get header count
-  bool hasHeader(String name);       // check if header exists
+  String header(String name);     // get request header value by name
+  String header(int i);           // get request header value by number
+  String headerName(int i);       // get request header name by number
+  int headers();                  // get header count
+  bool hasHeader(String name);    // check if header exists
+
+  int clientContentLength() { return _clientContentLength; }      // return "content-length" of incoming HTTP header from "_currentClient"
 
   String hostHeader();            // get request host header if available or empty String if not
 
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ class WebServer
   int              _headerKeysCount;
   RequestArgument* _currentHeaders;
   size_t           _contentLength;
+  int              _clientContentLength;	// "Content-Length" from header of incoming POST or GET request
   String           _responseHeaders;
 
   String           _hostHeader;