Calculate HTTPS POST Request size

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I have a middlet that sends data to a servlet.

Anyone knows how can I calculate the size of request of the middlet in a servlet?

I'm tring to sum of request header + request size + certificate size Is it correct?

With this I'm trying to recreate the request:

http://wikis.sun.com/display/WebServerdocs/Analyzing+SSL+Requests+and+Responses

Stephen C · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-13T23:38:22.610

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I'm pretty sure that there is no simple way.

In fact, I'm not even sure this is a meaningful thing to measure. The request header and body are part of the HTTP application protocol. The certificate is sent as part of SSL / TLS setup ... before the HTTP stuff starts. And once SSL / TLS has started, the HTTP protocol is run "on top of" the SSL / TLS channel.

Even just measuring the amount of data in a HTTP request is tricky. A typical HTTP stack does not assemble the entire request message in one place, and does not keep a running total of the amount of data sent. Depending on the HTTP stack that you are using, you could (in theory) arrange to use a custom socket factory and socket streams that count the bytes sent.

edited Dec 13 '10 at 23:38

answered Dec 13 '10 at 23:32

Stephen C

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Thank you for the response. To make the thinks more easy, how can I count the TOTAL size of the HTTP request ? .... Request header + Request size data? – iberck Dec 14 '10 at 00:05
@iberck - See the last paragraph. Configure your client to use a special socket factory. It is not straightforward, and doing it with HTTPS in the mix is likely to make it even more complicated. I don't know enough about Java/ME to give you a recipe. – Stephen C Dec 14 '10 at 00:11
I don't know how can I create a special socket factory – iberck Dec 14 '10 at 06:14

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