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Re: Draft v1 Update for Resumable Uploads

From: Eric J Bowman <mellowmutt@zoho.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:05:51 -0700
To: "Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Cc: "ietf-http-wg" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-Id: <1817fb7a714.f44d90b041228.231509017811561647@zoho.com>
>

>> ... 
>> I was trying to help you understand the resource/representation 
>> dichotomy of HTTP, particularly regarding PATCH, irrespective of the 
>> nature of your resource. There is not, and cannot be, any "generic" 
>> media type for the method in question, even if you're only appending -- 
>> application/octet-stream works for PUT. Not PATCH. Not in any way I can 
>> grok.
 >>
> ... 
 
>

> I disagree. 
 >
> You can easily avoid this issue by enforcing that the uploaded resource 
> has a single representation.
 >



Why I suggested FTP. But accepting what you said, wouldn't you also have to enforce PATCH = append to use application/octet-stream?
 


-Eric
Received on Monday, 20 June 2022 06:06:10 UTC

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