Re: What is the document base URI of a POSTed document?

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Steve Battle <steve.battle@sysemia.co.uk>wrote:

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> RFC 3986 is written more from the perspective of HTTP GET, so for HTTP
> POST we have to read between the lines.****
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> Returning to the issue, we would like to know if it is OK to assume in the
> context of an HTTP POST and the above scenario that:****
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> 1. If there is no embedded @base and..****
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> 2. there is no retrieval context for POST and..****
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> 3. no URI was used to retrieve the representation, then..****
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> 4. the default base URI can be set by the application to be the URI of the
> created resource.****
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I would say this is certainly a reasonable and logical assumption. Note,
however, that you need to account for the possible presence of the
Content-Location header within the POST request. If the POST includes a
Content-Location, it's value effectively establishes the base URI.

- James



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> It might also be helpful if 2616 could provide clarification on these
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> Thanks for your considered opinions,****
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> Steve.****
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