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HTTP Server returning 1 byte lesser for Range HTTP GET request

I am implementing HTTP file downloader. I am trying to download files in chunks , each chunk is being downloaded via separate thread.

I am seeing problem with the last chunk only. For the last chunk, the server is returning 1 byte less than requested.

HTTP GET REQUEST SENT:

GET /idman642build20.exe HTTP/1.1
Host: mirror2.internetdownloadmanager.com
Range: bytes=8388608-12243840
Connection: close

HTTP GET RESPONSE:

HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:08:40 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.37 (AlmaLinux) OpenSSL/1.1.1k
Last-Modified: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:29:03 GMT
ETag: "bad380-620241d5e53f9"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 3855232
Content-Range: bytes 8388608-12243839/12243840
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

You can see above, I requested range 8388608-12243840 , but server is returning me 8388608-12243839 , i.e. 1 last byte is missing. chatGPT says it could be a bug on server. I am seeing this problem only with the last chunk of the file.

Solution

  • There are no bytes missing.

    Content-Range: bytes 8388608-12243839/12243840

    12243839 ist the maximum last-byte-pos (see the standard) for a content of size 12243840, because counting starts with index 0.