[Catalyst] Re: [Semi OT] HTTP DELETEs

[A. Pagaltzis]

* Jonathan Tweed <jonathan at tweed.name> [2007-08-08 21:35]:
> Can an HTTP DELETE have an entity body? I have looked in the
> HTTP spec and as far as I can see it doesn't say.

    4.3 Message Body

        […] A message-body MUST NOT be included in a request if
        the specification of the request method (section 5.1.1)
        does not allow sending an entity-body in requests. […]

> If it's legal for a DELETE to have a body they could put the
> reason in there. If not, is it a reasonable use of a custom
> header?

Yes.

Regards,
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Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>