HTTP status codes / 4xx — Client errors

411 Length Required

In one sentence

The server insists on a Content-Length header.

What it means

The server refuses chunked or length-less bodies for this endpoint. Mostly seen with older servers and some proxies/load balancers.

Common causes

How to debug it

Make your client send Content-Length (disable chunked transfer encoding for this request).

Server-side note: Disable chunked encoding for this request so the client sends Content-Length.

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Related codes

400 Bad Request · 401 Unauthorized · 402 Payment Required · 403 Forbidden · 404 Not Found · 405 Method Not Allowed — or the full reference.

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