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How to complete the challenge POST /todos (415)
Most APIs will report an error when the content-type
is specified as a format that they do not support.
Some APIs will parse the input using their default processing which can often result in a 500 error.
The API Challenges checks the content-type
and if it is unsupported returns a 415 status code,
to see this we send a POST request to try and create a todo item but with unsupported content type.
POST /todos (415)
Issue a POST request on the
/todos
end point with an unsupported content type to generate a 415 status code
For this challenge we issue a request with a content-type
which is unsupported.
POST
request means we will send information in the body of the message- e.g.
POST /todos
sends to the todos endpoint
- e.g.
unsupported content type
means that we will setcontent-type
to something unknown eg.bob
- add the
X-CHALLENGER
header to track progress - we know it has been rejected when we receive a
415
response - the body of the response should contain the full details of the error message
Basic Instructions
- Issue a
POST
request to end point "/todos"- if running locally that endpoint would be
https://apichallenges.eviltester.com/todos
- if running locally that endpoint would be
- The request should have an
Content-Type
header with an unsupported value e.gbob
- add a valid payload, but it won't match the content type so doesn't matter, but adding a valid payload makes sure that the system is not ignoring the content type specified.
- The request should have an
X-CHALLENGER
header to track challenge completion - The response status code should be
415
when all the details are valid. - Check the body of the response has JSON formatted error response
- the system defaults to json for errors
Extras:
- try setting the 'accept' header to specify the format of the error message in the response
Example Request
> POST /todos HTTP/1.1
> Host: apichallenges.eviltester.com
> User-Agent: rest-client
> X-CHALLENGER: x-challenger-guid
> Content-Type: bob
> Accept: */*
> Content-Length: 106
| {
| "title": "create todo process payroll",
| "doneStatus": true,
| "description": ""
| }
Example Response
< HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type
< Connection: close
< Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:57:54 GMT
< Content-Type: application/json
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *
< X-Challenger: 19b81e3e-841f-41a9-91c1-373f69091a56
< Server: Jetty(9.4.z-SNAPSHOT)
< Via: 1.1 vegur
Example Response body:
{
"errorMessages": [
"Unsupported Content Type - bob"
]
}
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