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org.apache.http.HttpException: Unsupported Content-Coding: none

I am using Apache HTTP Components to send a POST request to a server that is not owned by me (therefore I cannot modify its configuration).

The server, in response back to me, sets Content-Encoding: none header which causes the org.apache.http.HttpException: Unsupported Content-Coding: none exception.

I found somewhere on StackOverflow that I can use HttpClients.custom().disableContentCompression().build() to disable RequestAcceptEncoding and ResponseContentEncoding interceptors, therefore making the exception not to be thrown. However, I do not want to reconfigure my HttpClient in that way globally.

Is there any workaround of this issue without adding changes to HttpClient?

As a note, I do not have to read response body at all, as it's empty. I just need to be able to read response code (ie. 200 OK).

Thank you for your time.

Solution

  • Finally after months I found the solution for this problem!

    There is a workaround with using interceptors to fix the bad Content-Encoding header, see this blog entry.