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Remove charset=utf-8 from HTTP POST

tony_raimo2 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:21:49 GMT

I'm trying to do a HTTP POST via ABAP. The application that I'm posting to does not like the "charset=utf-8" that is in the request. I've been told that I need to remove it. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm not setting this field. SAP is adding this charset automatically.

Here is the request:

POST /hapld/tos/kdwhapltos HTTP/1.1

content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary=BOUNDARY; charset=utf-8

content-length: 2018

host: www.pld-certify.ups.com

user-agent: SAP Web Application Server (1.0;700)

accept-encoding: gzip

sap-trace: 3

--BOUNDARY

Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Content-length: 128

AppVersion=1.0&AcceptUPSLicenseAgreement=Yes&ResponseType=application/x-ups-pld&VersionNumber=V4R1&UserId=xxxxxx&Password=xxxxxx

--BOUNDARY

Content-type: application/x-ups-binary

Content-length: 1396

020093 2010071800000006852703500 000000002*AA296007......etc

~~BOUNDARY~~

Here is my code:

CALL METHOD cl_http_client=>create

EXPORTING

host = POST_HOST

service = '443'

scheme = '2'

ssl_id = 'ANONYM'

proxy_host = wf_proxy
proxy_service = wf_port

IMPORTING

client = http_client.

http_client->propertytype_logon_popup = http_client->co_disabled.

wf_user = '' .

wf_password = '' .

data: lv_value type string.

CALL METHOD http_client->request->set_header_field

EXPORTING

name = '~request_method'

value = 'POST'.

CALL METHOD http_client->request->set_header_field

EXPORTING

name = '~request_protocol'

value = 'HTTP/1.1'.

CALL METHOD http_client->request->set_header_field( name = '~server_protocol' value = 'HTTP/1.1' ).

CALL METHOD http_client->request->set_header_field

EXPORTING

name = 'HOST'

value = POST_HOST.

CALL METHOD http_client->request->set_header_field

EXPORTING

name = '~request_uri'

value = POST_URI.

CALL METHOD http_client->request->set_content_type

EXPORTING

content_type = 'multipart/mixed; boundary=BOUNDARY'.

CALL METHOD http_client->REQUEST->SET_HEADER_FIELD

EXPORTING

NAME = 'Accept-Charset'

VALUE = 'ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7'.

CALL METHOD http_client->request->SET_FORMFIELD_ENCODING

EXPORTING

FORMFIELD_ENCODING = http_client->request->CO_ENCODING_URL.

CALL METHOD http_client->request->set_cdata

EXPORTING

data = wf_string

offset = 0

length = rlength.

CALL METHOD http_client->send

EXCEPTIONS

http_communication_failure = 1

http_invalid_state = 2.

CALL METHOD http_client->receive

EXCEPTIONS

http_communication_failure = 1

http_invalid_state = 2

http_processing_failed = 3.

CLEAR wf_string1 .

wf_string1 = http_client->response->get_cdata( ).

Re: Remove charset=utf-8 from HTTP POST

asdasd_asdasd — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:34:13 GMT

Tony, can you share with us how you solved your problem.?

Re: Remove charset=utf-8 from HTTP POST

shivhare — Wed, 07 May 2014 12:09:33 GMT

Hello Raimo,

I am also facing similar issue while posting messages via Http adapter Can you please let me know how you cracked this issue

Regards,

Amit

Re: Remove charset=utf-8 from HTTP POST

Former Member — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:52:55 GMT

Hi,

I had a similar problem and could resolve it by using APPEND_DATA instead of APPEND_CDATA. Likewise, SET_DATA instead of SET_CDATA might solve the issue for you. The data has to be provided as binary data then.

Regards,

Stefan

Re: Remove charset=utf-8 from HTTP POST

Former Member — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:54:51 GMT

Hi,

APPEND_DATA works fine for me.

I use for the String-To-XString-Conversion the following FM:

CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_STRING_TO_XSTRING'

EXPORTING

text = output " variable type string

IMPORTING

buffer = outputx. " variable type xstring

Regards,

Matthias

Re: Remove charset=utf-8 from HTTP POST

Ivaylo — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:42:14 GMT

Hi guys,

following Mattias and Stefan comments, it works for me too - using SET_DATA( ) instead of SET_CDATA( ), converting string to xstring beforehand.

Thanks for sharing!

BR,

Ivaylo

Re: Remove charset=utf-8 from HTTP POST

ajinkyachothave-1 — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:31:54 GMT

To avoid charset=UTF-8

I am referencing variables from your code for you to better understand, just add below code

CALL METHOD http_client->request->suppress_charset ( supress = abap_true ).

Regards,

Ajinkya Chothave