# Issue #42: POST /api/handler returns 500 on empty body

**Reporter:** @user-jane  
**Labels:** bug, priority-high  
**Milestone:** v2.1.0

## Description

When sending a POST request to `/api/handler` with an empty body, the server
returns a 500 Internal Server Error instead of 400 Bad Request. This causes
monitoring alerts and confuses API consumers who expect a proper validation
error.

## Steps to reproduce

1. Send a POST request to `/api/handler` with an empty body:
   ```bash
   curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/handler -H "Content-Type: application/json"
   ```
2. Observe: Server returns HTTP 500
3. Expected: Server should return HTTP 400 with `{"error": "Request body is required"}`

## Root cause

In `src/handler.py`, the `handle_request()` function raises a `ValueError`
when the body is empty, instead of returning a proper 400 response.

## Suggested fix

Replace the `raise ValueError(...)` with a return statement:
```python
if not request_body:
    return HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, {"error": "Request body is required"}
```

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## Environment

- Python 3.11
- Server version: 2.0.3
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04
