Rob Godfrey created QPID-7125:
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Summary: [Java Broker] REST API return code when deleting a
resource which does not exist
Key: QPID-7125
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-7125
Project: Qpid
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Java Broker
Reporter: Rob Godfrey
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>http://qpid.2158936.n2.nabble.com/potential-java-broker-REST-API-bug-tp7639681.html
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A DELETE request, if not resulting in an error, will always return HTTP status
200 and no body content, no matter if a queue with that name exists or not
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There seem to be a number of views on the correct behaviour here in REST APIs,
based somewhat on how one interprets the notion of idempotence.
See for example
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23486992/rest-api-proper-http-status-code-for-invalid-delete
and
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6439416/deleting-a-resource-using-http-delete
http://www.restapitutorial.com/lessons/httpmethods.html suggests 404 for such a
case, but also points mentions how 204 (empty body) and 200 (which maybe should
return the representation of the deleted entity) can be used in the non failure
case
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