Cookie authentication does not set header Content-type

[heilju]

Hi,

I am trying to use the inputs.http plugin with Cookie authentication. The API I want to query data from requires a header called 'XSRF_TOKEN' with an authentication token as value in the query request. The value for this header can be retrieved by doing the following POST call:

https://eu5.fusionsolar.huawei.com/thirdData/login
Header: Content-type=application/json
{
  "username": "user",
  "password": "secret"
}

The required token is returned as a cookie, but only if the Content-Type header is provided with the request. If no Content-Type header is set I receive an error.

Would it be possible to add a telegraf config option that takes a list of headers that are sent with the Cookie auth request (e.g. cookie_auth_headers={"Content-Type" = "application/json","Custom-Header" = "somevalue"})?

[aslater3]

I have this same issue

[aslater3]

Has anyone found a work around for this?

[grzanka]

@heilju Have you finally managed to use telegraf to get data from Huawei Fusionsolar API ?
It seems the issue was fixed in #10404