Re: PUT, side effects and 201 Created?

On 4/3/06, Mark Nottingham <mnot@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> > If a new resource is created, the origin server MUST inform the
> > user agent via the 201 (Created) response.
> So, if I PUT something to /foo, and it has the side effect if
> creating /foo;2006-04-03, is the response required to be a 201 Created?

Seems so.

> I.e., read literally, the above requirement requires a 201 Created
> when PUT results in *any* resource being created -- even as a side
> effect.
>
> This is IMO unnecessarily constraining, and should be relaxed; e.g.,
> changed to something like
>
> "If a new resource is created at the Request-URI, the origin server
> MUST inform the user agent via the 201 (Created) response."

Hmm, *that* seems more constraining to me; could the server not just
return a Location header with value "/foo;2006-04-03" in the 201?

Mark.
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