411.md

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4	411	Length Required	Rails HTTP Status Symbol Go HTTP Status Constant Symfony HTTP Status Constant Python2 HTTP Status Constant Python3+ HTTP Status Constant Python3.5+ HTTP Status Constant :length_required http.StatusLengthRequired Response::HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED httplib.LENGTH_REQUIRED http.client.LENGTH_REQUIRED http.HTTPStatus.LENGTH_REQUIRED

The server refuses to accept the request without a defined Content-Length¹.

The client MAY repeat the request if it adds a valid Content-Length header field containing the length of the message body in the request message.

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• ¹ Content-Length RFC7230 Section 3.3.2
• Source: RFC7231 Section 6.5.10