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javaapache-httpclient-4.xmime

Way to remove a body's headers in a multipartentity in http client

With this snippet I am creating a MultiPartEntity with a StringBody inside. The problem is that the Content-Type and Content-Transfer-Encoding are being set and I cannot find a way to remove them.

MultipartEntityBuilder entity = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
entity.addPart("filename", new StringBody("restore.zip",
                ContentType.DEFAULT_BINARY));

I am obviously adding ContentType.DEFAULT_BINARY as the Content-Type but even if I do:

entity.addBinaryBody("filename", "restore.zip".getBytes("UTF-8"));

I still get a default Content-Type.

Is there possibly any way to remove these headers inside a body?

Solution

  • Figured it out. The MultipartEntityBuilder has a method to set the mode used.

    entity.setMode(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);