tree 84bc628107bacf26eb237d6a553509003c42e8da
parent 96e2fff434e48d0b9e1c1f2c09be48da1a5cad24
author Jay Doane <jaydoane@apache.org> 1628633052 -0700
committer Jay Doane <jaydoane@apache.org> 1628637160 -0700

Fix allowed method for ddoc update function

The semantics of PUT [1] are arguably incorrect for executing an
update function on a specified document, since nothing is being
created or updated. Also it's not clear why it would be different from
the POST used for executing an update function for `null` document. [2]

Additionally, the example code-block in this section uses POST:

        POST /recipes/_design/recipe/_update/ingredients/SpaghettiWithMeatballs HTTP/1.1

All which lead me to believe that the PUT is a typo.

The actual behavior of CouchDB doesn't help here, since it currently
accepts any method whatsoever:

$ curl -v -u adm localhost:15984/db-1/_design/ddoc/_update/change -X BOGUS

> BOGUS /db-1/_design/bar/_update/change HTTP/1.1
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< content-length: 11
< content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
<
* Connection #0 to host localhost left intact
Empty World* Closing connection 0

[1] https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html
[2] https://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/api/ddoc/render.html#post--db-_design-ddoc-_update-func