fix(client): prevent empty bodies sending transfer-encoding for GET, HEAD

src/proto/h1/role.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use proto::{MessageHead, RawStatus, Http1Transaction, ParseResult,
 use proto::h1::{Encoder, Decoder, date};
 use method::Method;
 use status::StatusCode;
-use version::HttpVersion::{self, Http10, Http11};
+use version::HttpVersion::{Http10, Http11};
 
 const MAX_HEADERS: usize = 100;
 const AVERAGE_HEADER_SIZE: usize = 30; // totally scientific
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ impl ServerTransaction {
         };
 
         if has_body && can_have_body {
-            set_length(head.version, &mut head.headers)
+            set_length(&mut head.headers, head.version == Http11)
         } else {
             head.headers.remove::<TransferEncoding>();
             if can_have_body {
@@ -354,7 +354,11 @@ impl Http1Transaction for ClientTransaction {
 impl ClientTransaction {
     fn set_length(head: &mut RequestHead, has_body: bool) -> Encoder {
         if has_body {
-            set_length(head.version, &mut head.headers)
+            let can_chunked = head.version == Http11
+                && (head.subject.0 != Method::Head)
+                && (head.subject.0 != Method::Get)
+                && (head.subject.0 != Method::Connect);
+            set_length(&mut head.headers, can_chunked)
         } else {
             head.headers.remove::<ContentLength>();
             head.headers.remove::<TransferEncoding>();
@@ -363,12 +367,12 @@ impl ClientTransaction {
     }
 }
 
-fn set_length(version: HttpVersion, headers: &mut Headers) -> Encoder {
+fn set_length(headers: &mut Headers, can_chunked: bool) -> Encoder {
     let len = headers.get::<header::ContentLength>().map(|n| **n);
 
     if let Some(len) = len {
         Encoder::length(len)
-    } else if version == Http11 {
+    } else if can_chunked {
         let encodings = match headers.get_mut::<header::TransferEncoding>() {
             Some(&mut header::TransferEncoding(ref mut encodings)) => {
                 if encodings.last() != Some(&header::Encoding::Chunked) {

tests/client.rs

@@ -234,6 +234,28 @@ test! {
             body: None,
 }
 
+test! {
+    name: client_get_implicitly_empty,
+
+    server:
+        expected: "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {addr}\r\n\r\n",
+        reply: REPLY_OK,
+
+    client:
+        request:
+            method: Get,
+            url: "http://{addr}/",
+            headers: [],
+            body: Some(""),
+            proxy: false,
+        response:
+            status: Ok,
+            headers: [
+                ContentLength(0),
+            ],
+            body: None,
+}
+
 test! {
     name: client_post_sized,