Fixed request crash with empty body and unexpected header Content-Type

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+### Fixed
+- Fixed request crash with empty body and unexpected header Content-Type (#189)
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2023-03-29
 
 ### Added

http/server.lua

@@ -208,21 +208,25 @@ local function request_content_type(self)
 end
 
 local function post_param(self, name)
-    if self:content_type() == 'multipart/form-data' then
+    local body = self:read_cached()
+
+    if body == '' then
+        rawset(self, 'post_params', {})
+    elseif self:content_type() == 'multipart/form-data' then
         -- TODO: do that!
         rawset(self, 'post_params', {})
     elseif self:content_type() == 'application/json' then
         local params = self:json()
         rawset(self, 'post_params', params)
     elseif self:content_type() == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' then
-        local params = lib.params(self:read_cached())
+        local params = lib.params(body)
         local pres = {}
         for k, v in pairs(params) do
             pres[ uri_unescape(k) ] = uri_unescape(v, true)
         end
         rawset(self, 'post_params', pres)
     else
-        local params = lib.params(self:read_cached())
+        local params = lib.params(body)
         local pres = {}
         for k, v in pairs(params) do
             pres[ uri_unescape(k) ] = uri_unescape(v)

test/integration/http_server_requests_test.lua

@@ -426,3 +426,23 @@ g.test_get_dot_slash = function()
     local r = http_client.get(helpers.base_uri .. '/dot_slash.')
     t.assert_equals(r.status, 200)
 end
+
+g.test_unwanted_content_type = function()
+    local httpd = g.httpd
+    httpd:route({
+        path = '/unwanted-content-type'
+    }, function(req)
+        local response = req:render{ json = req:param() }
+        response.status = 200
+        return response
+    end)
+
+    local opt = {
+        headers = {
+            ['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
+        }
+    }
+    local r = http_client.get(helpers.base_uri .. '/unwanted-content-type', opt)
+    t.assert_equals(r.status, 200)
+    t.assert_equals(r.body, '[]')
+end