[Zope3-dev] Other (than GET and POST) HTTP Methods

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 11:10 AM 1/8/03 -0500, Shane Hathaway wrote:
>Jim Fulton wrote:
>>You can't distinguish Browser GETs from WebDAV, Amaya, or Composer GETs.
>>You can't distinguish WebDAV PUTs from Amaya, or Composer PUTs.
>
>That's actually a reason why you'd want to run WebDAV on a different port 
>from normal HTTP, isn't it?

No, that's why you want them on the same port.  Transparency.  The whole 
idea behind PUT in HTTP and WebDAV is that you PUT to the same URL you want 
to GET from.  So that you can just browse "the site" and edit it in place.


>In special cases, you *can* distinguish WebDAV from browser GETs (using 
>user-agent sniffing, IP address sniffing, special URLs, or custom headers),

*Shudder*  Why would you *want* to?

IMO, WebDAV is *supposed* to be on the same port.  That's the whole 
point.  It's an HTTP extension, not a replacement.