Re: Client Explicitly Requesting an Empty Body

Perfect.

Thanks.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Martin Thomson
<martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7240#section-4.2
>
> On 24 June 2015 at 09:57, Brad Fults <bfults@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a mechanism for an HTTP client to request that the server
>> return an empty body after performing a requested operation? I
>> searched specs & mailing list archives to no avail.
>>
>> For instance, a PATCH on /resource/:id where the client only cares
>> that the operation succeeded, but explicitly does not want the
>> resource representation returned in the response body (e.g. because it
>> will be a large response body and the client is on a limited-bandwidth
>> connection). I would expect such a response to return a 204 No Content
>> status.
>>
>> If there is no such current mechanism, would one be considered? One
>> possibility would be an `Accept: none` header from the client.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>

Received on Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:56:14 UTC