Poco::HttpClientSession.receiveResponse() throws NoMessageException without any apparent reason - c++

Question

I wrote an HTTP server in Java and a client in C++ with Poco. This is a part of the C++ client code:
URI uri("http://127.0.0.1:4444");
HTTPClientSession session(uri.getHost(), uri.getPort());
HTTPRequest req(HTTPRequest::HTTP_POST,
"/pages/page",
HTTPMessage::HTTP_1_1);
session.sendRequest(req);
HTTPResponse res;
std::istream &is = session.receiveResponse(res);
In the last line I get the following error:
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Poco::Net::NoMessageException'
what(): No message received
But I don't understand why. The connection was established successfully and the page requested exists. I tried the same code with known websites (like Wikipedia) and it works without any exception.
I also tried to make the exact same request with cURL (to my server) in command-line and it shows the response of the server, so the server seems fine.
This is the original response of the server in a string form:
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" +
"Server: [server name]\r\n" +
"Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8\r\n" +
"Content-Length:" + bodyBytes.length + "\r\n" +
"Resource: " + job.resId + "\r\n\r\n" +
"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><JobRequest><InputRepresentation id=\"0\"/> <effectsList><cvtColor><code> CV_RGB2GRAY </code></cvtColor><resize><scaleFactorX> 0.5 </scaleFactorX><scaleFactorY> 0.5 </scaleFactorY><interpolation> INTER_LINEAR </interpolation></resize><GaussianBlur><kSize> 3 </kSize><sigmaX> 2 </sigmaX><sigmaY> 2 </sigmaY><borderType> BORDER_REPLICATE </borderType></GaussianBlur></effectsList></JobRequest>"
I have written a simple HTTP server which respond with a fixed response for every request, to test what's wrong. this is the code:
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(4449);
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
String body = "ab";
byte[] bodyBytes = body.getBytes("UTF-8");
String headers = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" +
"Server: Foo\r\n" +
"Content-Type: text/plain\r\n" +
"Content-Length: " + bodyBytes.length + "\r\n\r\n";
byte[] headerBytes = headers.getBytes("UTF-8");
byte[] responseBytes = new byte[headerBytes.length + bodyBytes.length];
/* Fill responseBytes with the header and body bytes */
int i = 0;
for (int j = 0; j < headerBytes.length; ++j) {
responseBytes[i] = headerBytes[j];
++i;
}
for (int j = 0; j < bodyBytes.length; ++j) {
responseBytes[i] = bodyBytes[j];
++i;
}
clientSocket.getOutputStream().write(responseBytes);
} catch (IOException e) {}
}
}
I get the same exception even with this server. So what's wrong here?

Answer 1

Based on experimentation, I've found that it's necessary to include a Content-Length header if you are making an empty POST request. I.e.,
req.add("Content-Length", "0");

Answer 2

I had to use the following sequence in my handler code for a minimal response to be received without a No message received error:
resp.setStatus( Poco::Net::HTTPResponse::HTTP_OK );
resp.setContentType( "text/json" );
ostream &out = resp.send();
out << "[]";
out.flush();