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On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 07:38 +0800, Alex Xu wrote:
> Not sure all, nova is limited
> at https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py#L79
> That under our control.

It is, but the client frameworks aren't, and some of them prohibit
sending a body with a DELETE request.  Further, RFC7231 has this to say
about DELETE request bodies:

        A payload within a DELETE request message has no defined semantics;
        sending a payload body on a DELETE request might cause some existing
        implementations to reject the request.

(§4.3.5)

I think we have to conclude that, if we need a request body, we cannot
use the DELETE method.  We can modify the operation, such as setting a
"force" flag, with a query parameter on the URI, but a request body
should be considered out of bounds with respect to DELETE.

> Maybe not just ask question for delete, also for other method.
> 
> 2014-12-09 1:11 GMT+08:00 Kevin L. Mitchell <kevin.mitchell at rackspace.com>:
>         On Mon, 2014-12-08 at 14:07 +0800, Eli Qiao wrote:
>         > I wonder if we can use body in delete, currently , there isn't any
>         > case used in v2/v3 api.
>         
>         No, many frameworks raise an error if you try to include a body with a
>         DELETE request.
>         --
>         Kevin L. Mitchell <kevin.mitchell at rackspace.com>
>         Rackspace

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Kevin L. Mitchell <kevin.mitchell at rackspace.com>
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