Unirest headers not interpreted correctly

[ishuah]

I'm trying to post JSON data but the host is interpreting the request as XML. I tested with httpbin.org, results below.

The post request: Unirest.post("http://httpbin.org/post", headers:{ "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, parameters: { "a"=> "b"} )

The response:

{"args"=>{}, "data"=>"", "files"=>{}, "form"=>{}, "headers"=>{"Accept"=>"*/*; q=0.5, 
application/xml", "Accept-Encoding"=>"gzip, deflate", "Content-Length"=>"0", 
"Content-Type"=>"application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Headers"=>
"{\"Content-Type\"=>\"application/json\"}", "Host"=>"httpbin.org", "Parameters"=>"{\"Inputs\"=>
{\"a\"=>\"b\"}}", "User-Agent"=>"unirest-ruby/1.0"}, "json"=>nil, 
"origin"=>"41.203.219.198", "url"=>"http://httpbin.org/post"}

The Headers key (uppercase h) contains the correct header values, while the headers key (lowercase h) contains different header values. The headers key is the one that's being accepted.

[jasonpang]

I'm also experiencing the same behavior with the same code.

[va3093]

I am also having this problem 😞

[iCreateJB]

A bit late but the issue is that in your sample it didn't look like you were actually sending it JSON even though you set the content type.

2.2.2 :004 > Unirest.post("http://httpbin.org/post", headers:{ "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, parameters: { "a"=> "b"}.to_json ).body
 => {"args"=>{}, "data"=>"{\"a\":\"b\"}", "files"=>{}, "form"=>{}, "headers"=>{"Accept"=>"*/*; q=0.5, application/xml", "Accept-Encoding"=>"gzip", "Content-Length"=>"9", "Content-Type"=>"application/json", "Host"=>"httpbin.org", "User-Agent"=>"unirest-ruby/1.1"}, "json"=>{"a"=>"b"}, "origin"=>"174.104.207.158", "url"=>"http://httpbin.org/post"} 
2.2.2 :005 > Unirest.post("http://httpbin.org/post", headers:{ "Content-Type" => "application/json" }, parameters: { "a"=> "b"} ).body
 => {"args"=>{}, "data"=>"", "files"=>{}, "form"=>{"a"=>"b"}, "headers"=>{"Accept"=>"*/*; q=0.5, application/xml", "Accept-Encoding"=>"gzip", "Content-Length"=>"3", "Content-Type"=>"application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Host"=>"httpbin.org", "User-Agent"=>"unirest-ruby/1.1"}, "json"=>nil, "origin"=>"174.104.207.158", "url"=>"http://httpbin.org/post"} 

cc @nikz

[ishuah]

@iCreateJB thanks for responding. I know it's almost a year gone but I like to see things resolved. I've just tested with version 1.0.8 and it looks good. Closing this issue.