On 13 May 2009, at 18:43, Jared Scheel wrote:
Sorry for responding to my original message instead of a reply in the
thread, but I seem to be having some issues with the mailing list.
Oliver, you are right, I could use a javascript wrapper for flash. The
problem with that is that it introduces a second dependency to
interact with the REST interface.
It adds a second API and complexity to CouchDB to support
non-standard clients. I.e: If you don't speak HTTP, you can't
talk to CouchDB.
Sometimes you won't have access to
the javascript external interface with flash. Also, by adding support
for this header, it doesn't just benefit flash, but any client that is
restricted (Silverlight for example).
I'd rather not fix corporate bastardizations of open standards. If they
can't get their shit together, it's their fault that their customers
suffer.
Cheers
Jan
--
Punkrock!
Thanks!
-Jared
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Jared Scheel <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello all,
I recently looked into utilizing couchdb in a Flash application
when I
came across a frustrating limitation: flash only allows GET and POST
methods. Apparently, this kind of limitation is more common that you
would expect in certain clients. Unfortunately, this makes using
couchdb rather difficult. Here's a great post about the problem:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00355.html
.
What would be the possibility of allowing request methods to be
overridden with the X-HTTP-Method-Override header? This would allow
the request to be made with POST, but the method that couchdb
receives
to be whatever value you attach to the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
Thanks!
-Jared
