[Catalyst] Re: [Semi OT] HTTP DELETEs

[A. Pagaltzis]

Hi Jonathan,

* Jonathan Tweed <jonathan at tweed.name> [2007-08-10 12:41]:
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:42:22 +0200, "A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis at gmx.de> wrote:
> >* 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. […]
> 
> I saw this, but in the definitions of the methods themselves I
> couldn't see where this was explicitly specified.

I think that says quite clearly that if the method definition is
silent about an entity-body, then no entity-body is allowed.

The sections on PUT, POST and TRACE discuss entity-bodies; the
sections on OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, DELETE and CONNECT do not.

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