Re: PUT, side effects and 201 Created? [ i21 ]

<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/21>

There hasn't been discussion on this in a while - still worth doing?

Personally, I'd say it's a small but worthwhile improvement, and  
perhaps more importantly, pretty safe to do.



On 04/04/2006, at 5:23 PM, Stefan Eissing wrote:

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> Am 04.04.2006 um 01:25 schrieb Mark Nottingham:
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>> I.e., read literally, the above requirement requires a 201 Created  
>> when PUT results in *any* resource being created -- even as a side  
>> effect.
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>> This is IMO unnecessarily constraining, and should be relaxed;  
>> e.g., changed to something like
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>> "If a new resource is created at the Request-URI, the origin server  
>> MUST inform the user agent via the 201 (Created) response."
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> I'd file that under clarification. I think you give a clearer  
> formulation of what the spec writers did intend to say.
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> //Stefan
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