.. _-requestEntityEmpty-:

requestEntityEmpty
==================

A filter that checks if the request entity is empty and only then passes processing to the inner route.
Otherwise, the request is rejected.


Signature
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.. includecode2:: /../../akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/MiscDirectives.scala
   :snippet: requestEntityEmpty


Description
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The opposite filter is available as ``requestEntityPresent``.


Example
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.. includecode2:: ../../../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/MiscDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
  :snippet: requestEntityEmptyPresent-example