Don't set content type by default

lib/net/http/generic_request.rb

@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ def finish
   def send_request_with_body(sock, ver, path, body)
     self.content_length = body.bytesize
     delete 'Transfer-Encoding'
-    supply_default_content_type
     write_header sock, ver, path
     wait_for_continue sock, ver if sock.continue_timeout
     sock.write body
@@ -271,7 +270,6 @@ def send_request_with_body_stream(sock, ver, path, f)
       raise ArgumentError,
           "Content-Length not given and Transfer-Encoding is not `chunked'"
     end
-    supply_default_content_type
     write_header sock, ver, path
     wait_for_continue sock, ver if sock.continue_timeout
     if chunked?
@@ -373,12 +371,6 @@ def flush_buffer(out, buf, chunked_p)
     buf.clear
   end
 
-  def supply_default_content_type
-    return if content_type()
-    warn 'net/http: Content-Type did not set; using application/x-www-form-urlencoded', uplevel: 1 if $VERBOSE
-    set_content_type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
-  end
-
   ##
   # Waits up to the continue timeout for a response from the server provided
   # we're speaking HTTP 1.1 and are expecting a 100-continue response.
@@ -411,4 +403,3 @@ def write_header(sock, ver, path)
   end
 
 end
-

test/net/http/test_http.rb

@@ -494,12 +494,10 @@ def _test_post__no_data(http)
 
   def test_s_post
     url = "http://#{config('host')}:#{config('port')}/?q=a"
-    res = assert_warning(/Content-Type did not set/) do
-      Net::HTTP.post(
-              URI.parse(url),
-              "a=x")
-    end
-    assert_equal "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", res["Content-Type"]
+    res = Net::HTTP.post(
+            URI.parse(url),
+            "a=x")
+    assert_equal "application/octet-stream", res["Content-Type"]
     assert_equal "a=x", res.body
     assert_equal url, res["X-request-uri"]
 
@@ -570,9 +568,7 @@ def test_timeout_during_HTTP_session_write
       th = Thread.new do
         err = !windows? ? Net::WriteTimeout : Net::ReadTimeout
         assert_raise(err) do
-          assert_warning(/Content-Type did not set/) do
-            conn.post('/', "a"*50_000_000)
-          end
+          conn.post('/', "a"*50_000_000)
         end
       end
       assert th.join(EnvUtil.apply_timeout_scale(10))

test/net/http/utils.rb

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ def handle_request(socket)
         socket.write "HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n"
       end
 
+      # Set default Content-Type if not provided
+      if !headers['Content-Type'] && (method == 'POST' || method == 'PUT' || method == 'PATCH')
+        headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/octet-stream'
+      end
+
       req = Request.new(method, path, headers, socket)
       if @procs.key?(req.path) || @procs.key?("#{req.path}/")
         proc = @procs[req.path] || @procs["#{req.path}/"]
@@ -306,16 +311,18 @@ def handle_post(path, headers, socket)
     scheme = headers['X-Request-Scheme'] || 'http'
     host = @config['host']
     port = socket.addr[1]
-    charset = parse_content_type(headers['Content-Type'])[1]
+    content_type = headers['Content-Type'] || 'application/octet-stream'
+    charset = parse_content_type(content_type)[1]
     path = "#{scheme}://#{host}:#{port}#{path}"
     path = path.encode(charset) if charset
-    response = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: #{headers['Content-Type']}\r\nContent-Length: #{body.bytesize}\r\nX-request-uri: #{path}\r\n\r\n#{body}"
+    response = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: #{content_type}\r\nContent-Length: #{body.bytesize}\r\nX-request-uri: #{path}\r\n\r\n#{body}"
     socket.print(response)
   end
 
   def handle_patch(path, headers, socket)
     body = socket.read(headers['Content-Length'].to_i)
-    response = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: #{headers['Content-Type']}\r\nContent-Length: #{body.bytesize}\r\n\r\n#{body}"
+    content_type = headers['Content-Type'] || 'application/octet-stream'
+    response = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: #{content_type}\r\nContent-Length: #{body.bytesize}\r\n\r\n#{body}"
     socket.print(response)
   end