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MXS-1220: Add support for X-HTTP-Method-Override

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This header allows clients to override the request method to work around
client library limitations.
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Markus Mäkelä
2017-05-16 22:08:44 +03:00
parent e01e4ee661
commit ac29abd679
2 changed files with 15 additions and 3 deletions
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Documentation/REST-API/API.md
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@ -159,10 +159,14 @@ The value of this header must be a date value in the
#### X-HTTP-Method-Override
Some clients only support GET and PUT requests. By providing the string value of
the intended method in the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header, a client can perform
a POST, PATCH or DELETE request with the PUT method
the intended method in the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header, a client can, for
example, perform a POST, PATCH or DELETE request with the PUT method
(e.g. `X-HTTP-Method-Override: PATCH`).
If this header is defined in the request, the current method of the request is
replaced with the one in the header. The HTTP method must be in uppercase and it
must be one of the methods that the requested resource supports.
### Response Headers
#### Allow

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server/core/httprequest.cc
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@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using std::string;
using std::deque;
#define HTTP_HOST_HEADER "Host"
#define HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE "X-HTTP-Method-Override"
const std::string HttpRequest::HTTP_PREFIX = "http://";
const std::string HttpRequest::HTTPS_PREFIX = "https://";
@ -95,6 +96,13 @@ HttpRequest::HttpRequest(struct MHD_Connection *connection, string url, string m
m_hostname = mxs_admin_https_enabled() ? HttpRequest::HTTPS_PREFIX : HttpRequest::HTTP_PREFIX;
m_hostname += get_header(HTTP_HOST_HEADER);
string method_override = get_header(HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE);
if (method_override.length())
{
m_verb = method_override;
}
if (m_hostname[m_hostname.size() - 1] != '/')
{
m_hostname += "/";