fix($http): don't send Content-Type header when no data

When a http request has no data (body), we should not send the
Content-Type header as it causes problems for some server-side
frameworks.

Closes #749

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/service/http.js b/src/service/http.js
index 5dd87d76..17cc68ea 100644
--- a/src/service/http.js
+++ b/src/service/http.js
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
           reqData = transformData(config.data, headersGetter(reqHeaders), reqTransformFn),
           promise;
 
+      // strip content-type if data is undefined
+      if (isUndefined(config.data)) {
+        delete reqHeaders['Content-Type'];
+      }
 
       // send request
       promise = sendReq(config, reqData, reqHeaders);
diff --git a/test/service/httpSpec.js b/test/service/httpSpec.js
index 4c8471d8..43dbf3af 100644
--- a/test/service/httpSpec.js
+++ b/test/service/httpSpec.js
@@ -340,12 +340,11 @@ describe('$http', function() {
 
       it('should send custom headers', function() {
         $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {
-          return headers['Custom'] == 'header' && headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/json';
+          return headers['Custom'] == 'header';
         }).respond('');
 
         $http({url: '/url', method: 'GET', headers: {
           'Custom': 'header',
-          'Content-Type': 'application/json'
         }});
 
         $httpBackend.flush();
@@ -364,25 +363,25 @@ describe('$http', function() {
 
 
       it('should set default headers for POST request', function() {
-        $httpBackend.expect('POST', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {
+        $httpBackend.expect('POST', '/url', 'messageBody', function(headers) {
           return headers['Accept'] == 'application/json, text/plain, */*' &&
                  headers['X-Requested-With'] == 'XMLHttpRequest' &&
                  headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/json';
         }).respond('');
 
-        $http({url: '/url', method: 'POST', headers: {}});
+        $http({url: '/url', method: 'POST', headers: {}, data: 'messageBody'});
         $httpBackend.flush();
       });
 
 
       it('should set default headers for PUT request', function() {
-        $httpBackend.expect('PUT', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {
+        $httpBackend.expect('PUT', '/url', 'messageBody', function(headers) {
           return headers['Accept'] == 'application/json, text/plain, */*' &&
                  headers['X-Requested-With'] == 'XMLHttpRequest' &&
                  headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/json';
         }).respond('');
 
-        $http({url: '/url', method: 'PUT', headers: {}});
+        $http({url: '/url', method: 'PUT', headers: {}, data: 'messageBody'});
         $httpBackend.flush();
       });
 
@@ -399,13 +398,13 @@ describe('$http', function() {
 
 
       it('should override default headers with custom', function() {
-        $httpBackend.expect('POST', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {
+        $httpBackend.expect('POST', '/url', 'messageBody', function(headers) {
           return headers['Accept'] == 'Rewritten' &&
                  headers['X-Requested-With'] == 'XMLHttpRequest' &&
                  headers['Content-Type'] == 'Rewritten';
         }).respond('');
 
-        $http({url: '/url', method: 'POST', headers: {
+        $http({url: '/url', method: 'POST', data: 'messageBody', headers: {
           'Accept': 'Rewritten',
           'Content-Type': 'Rewritten'
         }});
@@ -413,6 +412,16 @@ describe('$http', function() {
       });
 
 
+      it('should not send Content-Type header if request data/body is undefined', function() {
+        $httpBackend.expect('POST', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {
+          return !headers.hasOwnProperty('Content-Type');
+        }).respond('');
+
+        $http({url: '/url', method: 'POST'});
+        $httpBackend.flush();
+      });
+
+
       it('should set the XSRF cookie into a XSRF header', inject(function($browser) {
         function checkXSRF(secret) {
           return function(headers) {