enable to overwrite default headers by command line options

.gitattributes

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 test/results/*.txt text eol=lf
-**.md text eol=lf
-**.sh text eol=lf
+**/*.md text eol=lf
+**/**.sh text eol=lf

EXAMPLES.md

@@ -146,6 +146,26 @@ will produce no output, exit with a non-zero exitcode and only show this error:
 Error: Request was unsuccessful. Received response status code outside of 2XX. Got: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
 ```
 
+**No Default Header**
+
+Some headers use default values (e.g. `Content-Type: application/x-protobuf`). If you do not want to use these default values, use `--no-default-headers` flag (only work when using `--curl`).
+
+```bash
+$ docker run -v "$PWD/test/proto:/proto" --network host qaware/protocurl \
+  -i ..HappyDayRequest -o ..HappyDayResponse \
+  -u http://localhost:8080/happy-day/verify \
+  -d "date: { seconds: 1648044939}" \
+  --curl -n -H 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream'
+
+=========================== Request Text     =========================== >>>
+date: {
+  seconds: 1648044939
+}
+=========================== Response Text    =========================== <<<
+formattedDate: "Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:15:39 GMT"
+```
+
+
 **Verbose via -v**
 
 ```bash
@@ -170,6 +190,7 @@ Invoked with following default & parsed arguments:
   "OutTextType": "text",
   "DecodeRawResponse": false,
   "DisplayBinaryAndHttp": true,
+  "NoDefaultHeaders": false,
   "RequestHeaders": [
     "Content-Type: application/x-protobuf"
   ],
@@ -413,7 +434,7 @@ Total curl args:
 =========================== Response Headers =========================== <<<
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:15:35 GMT
+Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:19:03 GMT
 Connection: keep-alive
 Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 Content-Length: 35

doc/generate-docs.sh

@@ -171,6 +171,22 @@ $(docker run -v "$WORKING_DIR/test/proto:/proto" --network host protocurl \
 escapeString "$EXAMPLE_4"
 EXAMPLE_4="$ESCAPED"
 
+# EXAMPLE_NO_DEFAULT_HEADER ============================
+EXAMPLE_NO_DEFAULT_HEADER="\$ docker run -v \"\$PWD/test/proto:/proto\" --network host qaware/protocurl \\
+  -i ..HappyDayRequest -o ..HappyDayResponse \\
+  -u http://localhost:8080/happy-day/verify \\
+  -d \"date: { seconds: 1648044939}\" \\
+  --curl -n -H 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream'
+
+$(docker run -v "$WORKING_DIR/test/proto:/proto" --network host protocurl \
+  -i ..HappyDayRequest -o ..HappyDayResponse \
+  -u http://localhost:8080/happy-day/verify \
+  -d "date: { seconds: 1648044939}" \
+  --curl -n -H'Content-Type: application/octet-stream')"
+
+escapeString "$EXAMPLE_NO_DEFAULT_HEADER"
+EXAMPLE_NO_DEFAULT_HEADER="$ESCAPED"
+
 # replacements ============================
 echo "$EXAMPLES_TEMPLATE" |
   sed "s%___EXAMPLE_1___%$EXAMPLE_1%" |
@@ -182,6 +198,7 @@ echo "$EXAMPLES_TEMPLATE" |
   sed "s%___EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_ONLY___%$EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_ONLY%" |
   sed "s%___EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_ONLY_WITH_ERR_1___%$EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_ONLY_WITH_ERR_1%" |
   sed "s%___EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_ONLY_WITH_ERR_2___%$EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_ONLY_WITH_ERR_2%" |
+  sed "s%___EXAMPLE_NO_DEFAULT_HEADER___%$EXAMPLE_NO_DEFAULT_HEADER%" |
   sed "s%___EXAMPLE_4___%$EXAMPLE_4%" >EXAMPLES.md
 
 normaliseOutput EXAMPLES.md

doc/generated.usage.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It uses 'curl' from PATH. If none was found, it will fall back to an internal no
 It uses a bundled 'protoc' (by default) which is used to parse the .proto files.
 The bundle also includes the well-known Google Protobuf files necessary to create FileDescriptorSet payloads via 'protoc'.
 If the bundled 'protoc' is used, then these .proto files are included. Otherwise .proto files from the system-wide include are used.
-The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default.
+The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default. (disable via -n)
 When converting between binary and text, the encoding UTF-8 is always used.
 When the correct response type is unknown or being debugged, omitting -o <response-type> will attempt to show the response in raw format.
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Flags:
       --in string                 Specifies, in which format the input -d should be interpreted in. 'text' (default) uses the Protobuf text format and 'json' uses JSON. The type is inferred as JSON if the first token is a '{'.
   -F, --infer-files               Infer the correct files containing the relevant protobuf messages. All proto files in the proto directory provided by -I will be used. If no -f <file> is provided, this -F is set and the files are inferred.
       --no-curl                   Forces the use of the built-in internal http request instead of curl.
+  -n, --no-default-headers        Default headers (e.g. "Content-Type") will not be passed to curl. Assumes --curl. Use "-n -H 'Content-Type: FooBar'" to override the default content type.
       --out string                Produces the output in the specified format. 'text' (default) produces Protobuf text format. 'json' produces dense JSON and 'json:pretty' produces pretty-printed JSON. The produced JSON always uses the original Protobuf field names instead of lowerCamelCasing them.
   -I, --proto-dir string          Uses the specified directory to find the proto-file. (default "/proto")
   -f, --proto-file string         Uses the specified file path to find the Protobuf definition of the message types within 'proto-dir' (relative file path).

doc/template.EXAMPLES.md

@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ will produce no output, exit with a non-zero exitcode and only show this error:
 ___EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_ONLY_WITH_ERR_2___
 ```
 
+**No Default Header**
+
+Some headers use default values (e.g. `Content-Type: application/x-protobuf`). If you do not want to use these default values, use `--no-default-headers` flag (only work when using `--curl`).
+
+```bash
+___EXAMPLE_NO_DEFAULT_HEADER___
+```
+
+
 **Verbose via -v**
 
 ```bash

src/flags.go

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func intialiseFlags() {
 			"The format can be set explicitly via --in. See "+GithubRepositoryLink)
 	AssertSuccess(rootCmd.MarkFlagRequired("data-text"))
 
+	flags.BoolVarP(&CurrentConfig.NoDefaultHeaders, "no-default-headers", "n", false,
+		"Default headers (e.g. \"Content-Type\") will not be passed to curl. Assumes --curl. Use \"-n -H 'Content-Type: FooBar'\" to override the default content type.")
+
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(&CurrentConfig.RequestHeaders, "request-header", "H", []string{},
 		"Adds the `string` header to the invocation of cURL. This option is not supported when --no-curl is active. E.g. -H 'MyHeader: FooBar'.")
 
@@ -209,5 +212,5 @@ func propagateFlags() {
 }
 
 func PanicDueToUnsupportedHeadersWhenInternalHttp(headers []string) {
-	PanicWithMessage(fmt.Sprintf("Custom headers are not supported when  using internal http. Please provide curl in path and avoid using --no-curl. Found headers: %+q", headers))
+	PanicWithMessage(fmt.Sprintf("Non-default or custom headers are not supported when  using internal http. Please provide curl in path and avoid using --no-curl. Found headers: %+q", headers))
 }

src/httpRequest.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func invokeInternalHttpRequest(requestBinary []byte) ([]byte, string) {
 		fmt.Println("Invoking internal http request.")
 	}
 
-	if len(CurrentConfig.RequestHeaders) != 1 || CurrentConfig.RequestHeaders[0] != DefaultHeaders[0] {
+	if usingUnsupportedNonDefaultHeaders() {
 		PanicDueToUnsupportedHeadersWhenInternalHttp(CurrentConfig.RequestHeaders)
 	}
 
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ func invokeInternalHttpRequest(requestBinary []byte) ([]byte, string) {
 	return body, strings.TrimSpace(headersString)
 }
 
+func usingUnsupportedNonDefaultHeaders() bool {
+	usingNonDefaultHeaders := len(CurrentConfig.RequestHeaders) != 1 || CurrentConfig.RequestHeaders[0] != DefaultHeaders[0]
+	return CurrentConfig.NoDefaultHeaders || usingNonDefaultHeaders
+}
+
 func invokeCurlRequest(requestBinary []byte, curlPath string) ([]byte, string) {
 	if CurrentConfig.Verbose {
 		fmt.Println("Invoking curl http request.")

src/protocurl.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	OutTextType          OutTextType
 	DecodeRawResponse    bool
 	DisplayBinaryAndHttp bool
+	NoDefaultHeaders     bool
 	RequestHeaders       []string
 	CustomCurlPath       string
 	AdditionalCurlArgs   string
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		"It uses a bundled '" + ProtocExecutableName + "' (by default) which is used to parse the .proto files.\n" +
 		"The bundle also includes the well-known Google Protobuf files necessary to create FileDescriptorSet payloads via '" + ProtocExecutableName + "'.\n" +
 		"If the bundled '" + ProtocExecutableName + "' is used, then these .proto files are included. Otherwise .proto files from the system-wide include are used.\n" +
-		"The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default.\n" +
+		"The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default. (disable via -n)\n" +
 		"When converting between binary and text, the encoding UTF-8 is always used.\n" +
 		"When the correct response type is unknown or being debugged, omitting -o <response-type> will attempt to show the response in raw format.\n\n" +
 		"Enhancements and bugs: " + EnhancementsAndBugsLink,
@@ -172,6 +173,10 @@ func properResponseTypeIfProvidedOrEmptyType() string {
 }
 
 func addDefaultHeaderArgument() {
+	if CurrentConfig.NoDefaultHeaders {
+		return
+	}
+
 	if CurrentConfig.Verbose {
 		fmt.Printf("Adding default header argument to request headers : %s\n", DefaultHeaders)
 	}

test/results/additional-curl-args-expected.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ includeReason: true
 =========================== Response Headers =========================== <<<
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:34:28 GMT
+Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:27:07 GMT
 Connection: keep-alive
 Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 Content-Length: 65

test/results/additional-curl-args-verbose-expected.txt

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Invoked with following default & parsed arguments:
   "OutTextType": "text",
   "DecodeRawResponse": false,
   "DisplayBinaryAndHttp": true,
+  "NoDefaultHeaders": false,
   "RequestHeaders": [
     "Content-Type: application/x-protobuf"
   ],
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ Total curl args:
 * Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse
 < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 < Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-< Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 22:09:07 GMT
+< Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:27:08 GMT
 < Connection: keep-alive
 < Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 < Content-Length: 65
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ Total curl args:
 =========================== Response Headers =========================== <<<
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 22:09:07 GMT
+Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:27:08 GMT
 Connection: keep-alive
 Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 Content-Length: 65

test/results/display-binary-and-headers-expected.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ includeReason: true
 =========================== Response Headers =========================== <<<
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:34:21 GMT
+Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:27:06 GMT
 Connection: keep-alive
 Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 Content-Length: 65

test/results/display-binary-and-headers-no-curl-expected.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Length: 65
 Connection: keep-alive
 Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:34:24 GMT
+Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:27:07 GMT
 Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 =========================== Response Binary  =========================== <<<
 00000000  08 01 12 1c 54 68 75 72  73 64 61 79 20 69 73 20  |....Thursday is |

test/results/echo-empty-with-curl-args-expected.txt

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ includeReason: true
 * Mark bundle as not supporting multiuse
 < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 < Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-< Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:35:42 GMT
+< Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:27:23 GMT
 < Connection: keep-alive
 < Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 < Content-Length: 2

test/results/far-future-json--v-expected.txt

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Invoked with following default & parsed arguments:
   "OutTextType": "json",
   "DecodeRawResponse": false,
   "DisplayBinaryAndHttp": true,
+  "NoDefaultHeaders": false,
   "RequestHeaders": [
     "Content-Type: application/x-protobuf"
   ],
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ Total curl args:
 =========================== Response Headers =========================== <<<
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
-Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 22:09:10 GMT
+Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:27:12 GMT
 Connection: keep-alive
 Keep-Alive: timeout=5
 Content-Length: 63

test/results/help-expected.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ It uses 'curl' from PATH. If none was found, it will fall back to an internal no
 It uses a bundled 'protoc' (by default) which is used to parse the .proto files.
 The bundle also includes the well-known Google Protobuf files necessary to create FileDescriptorSet payloads via 'protoc'.
 If the bundled 'protoc' is used, then these .proto files are included. Otherwise .proto files from the system-wide include are used.
-The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default.
+The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default. (disable via -n)
 When converting between binary and text, the encoding UTF-8 is always used.
 When the correct response type is unknown or being debugged, omitting -o <response-type> will attempt to show the response in raw format.
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Flags:
       --in string                 Specifies, in which format the input -d should be interpreted in. 'text' (default) uses the Protobuf text format and 'json' uses JSON. The type is inferred as JSON if the first token is a '{'.
   -F, --infer-files               Infer the correct files containing the relevant protobuf messages. All proto files in the proto directory provided by -I will be used. If no -f <file> is provided, this -F is set and the files are inferred.
       --no-curl                   Forces the use of the built-in internal http request instead of curl.
+  -n, --no-default-headers        Default headers (e.g. "Content-Type") will not be passed to curl. Assumes --curl. Use "-n -H 'Content-Type: FooBar'" to override the default content type.
       --out string                Produces the output in the specified format. 'text' (default) produces Protobuf text format. 'json' produces dense JSON and 'json:pretty' produces pretty-printed JSON. The produced JSON always uses the original Protobuf field names instead of lowerCamelCasing them.
   -I, --proto-dir string          Uses the specified directory to find the proto-file. (default "/proto")
   -f, --proto-file string         Uses the specified file path to find the Protobuf definition of the message types within 'proto-dir' (relative file path).

test/results/help-missing-curl-expected.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ It uses 'curl' from PATH. If none was found, it will fall back to an internal no
 It uses a bundled 'protoc' (by default) which is used to parse the .proto files.
 The bundle also includes the well-known Google Protobuf files necessary to create FileDescriptorSet payloads via 'protoc'.
 If the bundled 'protoc' is used, then these .proto files are included. Otherwise .proto files from the system-wide include are used.
-The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default.
+The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default. (disable via -n)
 When converting between binary and text, the encoding UTF-8 is always used.
 When the correct response type is unknown or being debugged, omitting -o <response-type> will attempt to show the response in raw format.
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Flags:
       --in string                 Specifies, in which format the input -d should be interpreted in. 'text' (default) uses the Protobuf text format and 'json' uses JSON. The type is inferred as JSON if the first token is a '{'.
   -F, --infer-files               Infer the correct files containing the relevant protobuf messages. All proto files in the proto directory provided by -I will be used. If no -f <file> is provided, this -F is set and the files are inferred.
       --no-curl                   Forces the use of the built-in internal http request instead of curl.
+  -n, --no-default-headers        Default headers (e.g. "Content-Type") will not be passed to curl. Assumes --curl. Use "-n -H 'Content-Type: FooBar'" to override the default content type.
       --out string                Produces the output in the specified format. 'text' (default) produces Protobuf text format. 'json' produces dense JSON and 'json:pretty' produces pretty-printed JSON. The produced JSON always uses the original Protobuf field names instead of lowerCamelCasing them.
   -I, --proto-dir string          Uses the specified directory to find the proto-file. (default "/proto")
   -f, --proto-file string         Uses the specified file path to find the Protobuf definition of the message types within 'proto-dir' (relative file path).

test/results/help-missing-curl-no-curl-expected.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ It uses 'curl' from PATH. If none was found, it will fall back to an internal no
 It uses a bundled 'protoc' (by default) which is used to parse the .proto files.
 The bundle also includes the well-known Google Protobuf files necessary to create FileDescriptorSet payloads via 'protoc'.
 If the bundled 'protoc' is used, then these .proto files are included. Otherwise .proto files from the system-wide include are used.
-The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default.
+The Header 'Content-Type: application/x-protobuf' is set as a request header by default. (disable via -n)
 When converting between binary and text, the encoding UTF-8 is always used.
 When the correct response type is unknown or being debugged, omitting -o <response-type> will attempt to show the response in raw format.
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Flags:
       --in string                 Specifies, in which format the input -d should be interpreted in. 'text' (default) uses the Protobuf text format and 'json' uses JSON. The type is inferred as JSON if the first token is a '{'.
   -F, --infer-files               Infer the correct files containing the relevant protobuf messages. All proto files in the proto directory provided by -I will be used. If no -f <file> is provided, this -F is set and the files are inferred.
       --no-curl                   Forces the use of the built-in internal http request instead of curl.
+  -n, --no-default-headers        Default headers (e.g. "Content-Type") will not be passed to curl. Assumes --curl. Use "-n -H 'Content-Type: FooBar'" to override the default content type.
       --out string                Produces the output in the specified format. 'text' (default) produces Protobuf text format. 'json' produces dense JSON and 'json:pretty' produces pretty-printed JSON. The produced JSON always uses the original Protobuf field names instead of lowerCamelCasing them.
   -I, --proto-dir string          Uses the specified directory to find the proto-file. (default "/proto")
   -f, --proto-file string         Uses the specified file path to find the Protobuf definition of the message types within 'proto-dir' (relative file path).