nghttpd: Add --no-content-length option to omit content-length in response

src/HttpServer.cc

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Config::Config()
       max_concurrent_streams(100), header_table_size(-1), port(0),
       verbose(false), daemon(false), verify_client(false), no_tls(false),
       error_gzip(false), early_response(false), hexdump(false),
-      echo_upload(false) {}
+      echo_upload(false), no_content_length(false) {}
 
 Config::~Config() {}
 
@@ -873,12 +873,14 @@ int Http2Handler::submit_file_response(const std::string &status,
   std::string last_modified_str;
   auto nva = make_array(http2::make_nv_ls(":status", status),
                         http2::make_nv_ll("server", NGHTTPD_SERVER),
-                        http2::make_nv_ls("content-length", content_length),
                         http2::make_nv_ll("cache-control", "max-age=3600"),
                         http2::make_nv_ls("date", sessions_->get_cached_date()),
                         http2::make_nv_ll("", ""), http2::make_nv_ll("", ""),
-                        http2::make_nv_ll("", ""));
+                        http2::make_nv_ll("", ""), http2::make_nv_ll("", ""));
-  size_t nvlen = 5;
+  size_t nvlen = 4;
+  if (!get_config()->no_content_length) {
+    nva[nvlen++] = http2::make_nv_ls("content-length", content_length);
+  }
   if (last_modified != 0) {
     last_modified_str = util::http_date(last_modified);
     nva[nvlen++] = http2::make_nv_ls("last-modified", last_modified_str);
@@ -1088,7 +1090,9 @@ void prepare_echo_response(Stream *stream, Http2Handler *hd) {
 
   Headers headers;
   headers.emplace_back("nghttpd-response", "echo");
+  if (!hd->get_config()->no_content_length) {
     headers.emplace_back("content-length", util::utos(length));
+  }
 
   hd->submit_response("200", stream->stream_id, headers, &data_prd);
 }

src/HttpServer.h

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct Config {
   bool early_response;
   bool hexdump;
   bool echo_upload;
+  bool no_content_length;
   Config();
   ~Config();
 };

src/nghttpd.cc

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ Options:
               Path  to file  that contains  MIME media  types and  the
               extensions that represent them.
               Default: )" << config.mime_types_file << R"(
+  --no-content-length
+              Don't send content-length header field.
   --version   Display version information and exit.
   -h, --help  Display this help and exit.
 
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         {"hexdump", no_argument, &flag, 7},
         {"echo-upload", no_argument, &flag, 8},
         {"mime-types-file", required_argument, &flag, 9},
+        {"no-content-length", no_argument, &flag, 10},
         {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}};
     int option_index = 0;
     int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "DVb:c:d:ehm:n:p:va:", long_options,
@@ -340,6 +343,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         mime_types_file_set_manually = true;
         config.mime_types_file = optarg;
         break;
+      case 10:
+        // no-content-length option
+        config.no_content_length = true;
+        break;
       }
       break;
     default: