Re: PUT and DELETE methods in 200 code

On 04/04/2011, at 5:54 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:

> On 04.04.2011 18:20, mike amundsen wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> The tricky question is: how does the server know that a PUT was the result
>>> of a form submission?
>> </snip>
>> 
>> Why would this be of interest to the server?
>> ...
> 
> ...in order to decide whether to return a payload to the UA for display?
> 
> Again, I don't believe Accept: helps here; it's not a question of media type, but of the client's intent.
> 
> BR, Julian

The client's intent is framed by the entire request - URI, headers & body, Accept is part of that intent.

If the UA doesn't specify an Accept i would infer that the intent was they it didn't want\couldn't handle any content. If the UA does specify an Accept, i would infer that it is intending to receive content - for that request. That UAs send Accept with every request just means that they want content in every response, IMO - specifications or real world will most certainly vary.

cam

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