validate_doc_update returns an HTTP 500 if validation fails
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Key: COUCHDB-484
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-484
Project: CouchDB
Issue Type: Bug
Components: HTTP Interface
Affects Versions: 0.9.1
Reporter: Curt Arnold
If a validate_doc_update method throws an exception to indicate that the
proposed update is unacceptable, the http interface will return an 500 status
code which indicates that the server is behaving unexpectedly. However, this
situation is an error on the client side and should return a 4xx. To me, looks
like 403 would be the appropriate status code. From
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt:
10.4.4 403 Forbidden
The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated.
If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make
public why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the
reason for the refusal in the entity. If the server does not wish to
make this information available to the client, the status code 404
(Not Found) can be used instead.
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