HEAD is meant to test if a request endpoint is implemented and to retrieve metadata like detailed capabilities/options/flags.
Melanie On 01/04/2014 21:49, Oren Hurvitz wrote: > Re: why use POST instead of HEAD: because this lets me check the existence of > many assets at once with a single HTTP request. The main use of the > AssetsExist call is with HGAssetGatherer, which knows the full list of > assets that it wants to send, so it's able to check all of them at once. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://opensim-dev.2196679.n2.nabble.com/REST-handlers-use-partial-string-matching-tp7579119p7579127.html > Sent from the opensim-dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
