Boundary refused characters

[odesmaele]

Hi

When I execute a post with an attachment, Load UI generates a boundary (I already removed the quotes) like this

Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="----=_Part_63_784287734.1559741312548"

And the "Attachment part"

------=_Part_63_784287734.1559741312548
Content-Type: application/pdf
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="DPA Piece 1.pdf"

The access management of our application refuse (I think) some characters within the name of the boundary section:

I find in the logs

HTTP 403

[msg "Failed to parse request body."] [data "Multipart: Invalid boundary in C-T (characters)."] [severity "CRITICAL"] [ver "OWASP_CRS/3.0.0"]

When I execute from a web brower with a name = ------WebKitFormBoundaryCz9zYIwaDfkUV9bO, I don't have the issue.

Any idea how to change he name of the boundary?

Thanks

[Nastya_Khovrina · Accepted solution]

Hi @odesmaele,

You can modify the boundary value using the RequestFilter.filterRequest event handler, please see an example here: https://smartbear-cc.force.com/portal/KbArticleViewer?name=Troubleshooting-issues-with-adding-attach....

But, ReadyAPI is working according to the HTTP standards: 

- https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc1341/7_2_Multipart.html

- https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html

So, it's better to check whether your server follows the standards.

[odesmaele]

I'll check with development team if standards are respected. Thanks for your answer

[Olga_T]

Hi all,

Thanks for your reply, @Nastya_Khovrina !

@odesmaele did you have a chance to check this? Is the question answered?

We are looking forward to hearing from you.