On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Jay Rossiter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Technically speaking, it's still a POST, though. (I'm not advocating > for it - I think we should still use normal POST conventions.) > > A POST with GET parameters is valid syntax, and it's even required that > hubs preserve them on subscription callbacks for that reason. > Pet peeve: They're not GET parameters, they're query string parameters. Query string parameters have nothing to do with the request method. -Nick > > > On 10/18/2009 2:28 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Because that's how POST conventionally works? > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Since all the publisher is sending is a couple of fields, why does it >> have to send a request body? For example, to hook up my own blog, all >> I have to send is >> >> hub.mode=publish&hub.url=http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/ongoing.atom >> >> So I'm wondering why I can't just POST an empty body to >> >> >> http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/?hub.mode=publish&hub.url=http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/ongoing.atom >> >> No content-type, no content-length, less work all around? >> >> -T >> > > > > -- > > Jay Rossiter | Software Engineer/System Administrator > Pioneering RSS Advertising Solutions > > [email protected] | Phone: 503.896.6187 | Fax: 503.235.2216 > Website: www.pheedo.com | RSS: www.pheedo.info/index.xml > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: 368047
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