[HTTPCLIENT-1506] Including "; charset=..." in the content type header prevents form fields from getting transmitted?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 4.3.2
• Component/s: Fluent HC, HttpClient (classic)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: John Smitany
• Created: 08/May/14 16:54
• Updated: 04/May/17 09:49
• Resolved: 03/Jul/14 12:46

Description

Running the following code works

Request req = Request.Post(getAidaServiceUrl().toString());
req.addHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
req.bodyForm(Form.form().add("text", text).build());

but the text will be transferred in iso-8859-1. However changing the second line to
eq.addHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8");
completely prevents the text to get transferred to the server.

There should be a way to easily send UTF-8 somehow.