[fix] Set "content-length" header to "0" if it is not already set on DELETE requests. Fixes http-party#338.

indexzero · indexzero · commit 9be0af3166ff · 2013-03-09T02:44:28.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js b/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ HttpProxy.prototype.proxyRequest = function (req, res, buffer) {
       reverseProxy,
       location;
 
+  // If this is a DELETE request then set the "content-length"
+  // header (if it is not already set)
+  if (req.method === 'DELETE') {
+    req.headers['content-length'] = req.headers['content-length'] || '0';
+  }
+
   //
   // Add common proxy headers to the request so that they can
   // be availible to the proxy target server. If the proxy is
