MarketSquare / MarketSquare/robotframework-requests

'put request' failed with octet-stream file

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Description

Put Request failed with sending octet-stream file, for example:

Create Session | ${session_name} | http://upload.mytestaddress.com/upload | timeout=60 | max_retries=0
${file_data} | Get Binary File | D:\\\\DSC_6613.jpg
${LocalHeader} | Create Dictionary | Content-type=application/octet-stream
${response}= | Put Request | ${session_name}  | /System/deviceInfo | ${file_data} | headers=${LocalHeader}

which will get error:

FAIL : UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte

btw, if using Put keyword instead of Put Request, it won't get error.

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Reproduce the example using Get Binary File, Create Dictionary, and Put Request, then compare its handling with the Put keyword, which does not fail. Trace the Put Request and Put entry points to find where octet-stream bytes are decoded, and consider the issue done when binary data completes without the UnicodeDecodeError and the two keyword paths behave consistently.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
api, tooling
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
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