IJ29388: REGRESSION FIX: SENDING UTF-8 ENCODED HTTPS REQUESTS DOESN'T WORK

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Related to the uplift in the http library (Apache
  HTTPComponents) used by GetHTTP and the RESTful
  functions.
  
  When you use set a ContentType via the
  httpProperties parameter, it doesn't accept a charset parameter
  and defaults to ISO-8859-1.
  

Local fix

• You might be able to workaround the issue by unsetting
  ContentType e.g.
   var httpProperties = {
   //ContentType:
  "application/json"
   };
  When you don't specify ContentType, it
  defaults to "text/xml; charset=UTF-8", so the content should
  have the correct encoding now.
  You can then adjust the content
  type via a new header e.g.
   var headersToSend = {
  
  'Content-Type':'application/json;charset=UTF-8'
   };
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Impact Users                                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When attempting to send a POST/PATCH/PUT request with the    *
  * GetHTTP or RESTful API policy functions, the ContentType     *
  * defaults to ISO-8859-1 instead of UTF-8.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The ContentType value in the HttpProperties parameter doesn't
  accept a charset value. As a result, the request body for
  POST/PUT/PATCH requests are encoded using the ISO-8859-1
  charset. This issue was introduced by APAR IJ24292 which
  upgraded the http library that handles HTTP requests for the
  GetHTTP and RESTful DSA functions.
  

Problem conclusion

• The ContentType property was updated to use UTF-8 by default for
  json and xml content.
  
  This problem was introduced by APAR IJ24292 which is contained
  in the following maintenance packages:
  | MDVREGR 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0019 |
  | Fix Pack | 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• UNKNOWN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NETCOOL/IMPACT

• Fixed component ID

  5724O59IS

Applicable component levels