Have the proxy handle a content-length of -1

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/news.txt b/docs/news.txt
index 67f85dc..7561617 100644
--- a/docs/news.txt
+++ b/docs/news.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ svn trunk
   don't always aggressively set cookies without the
   ``wildcard_cookie`` option.  Also on logout, make cookies expire.
 
+* In :class:`paste.proxy.Proxy` handle Content-Length of -1.
+
 1.7.2
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diff --git a/paste/proxy.py b/paste/proxy.py
index 7de18c7..cb29c54 100644
--- a/paste/proxy.py
+++ b/paste/proxy.py
@@ -90,9 +90,14 @@ class Proxy(object):
         if environ.get('CONTENT_TYPE'):
             headers['content-type'] = environ['CONTENT_TYPE']
         if environ.get('CONTENT_LENGTH'):
-            headers['content-length'] = environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'] 
-            length = int(environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'])
-            body = environ['wsgi.input'].read(length)
+            if environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'] == '-1':
+                # This is a special case, where the content length is basically undetermined
+                body = environ['wsgi.input'].read(-1)
+                headers['content-length'] = str(len(body))
+            else:
+                headers['content-length'] = environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'] 
+                length = int(environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'])
+                body = environ['wsgi.input'].read(length)
         else:
             body = ''