question: custom method support

[Oloompa]

On node it is not possible to use custom method even if RFC 2616 allow it. It was due to hard code allowed method list on http parser. see nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#3192

Does deno allow to use custom methods ?

[sholladay]

Why do people want to use HTTP but without following normal HTTP conventions? What is the use case?

[Oloompa]

To use an app protocol over HTTP. The use case is RPC using methods for procedure names.

RFC 2616 allow to extend basic methods with custom ones.

5.1.1 Method

The Method token indicates the method to be performed on the
resource identified by the Request-URI. The method is case-sensitive.

   Method         = "OPTIONS"                ; Section 9.2
                  | "GET"                    ; Section 9.3
                  | "HEAD"                   ; Section 9.4
                  | "POST"                   ; Section 9.5
                  | "PUT"                    ; Section 9.6
                  | "DELETE"                 ; Section 9.7
                  | "TRACE"                  ; Section 9.8
                  | "CONNECT"                ; Section 9.9
                  | extension-method
   extension-method = token

9 Method Definitions

The set of common methods for HTTP/1.1 is defined below. Although
this set can be expanded, additional methods cannot be assumed to
share the same semantics for separately extended clients and servers.

Why do you want to block this standard feature ?

[sholladay]

I'm not a Deno maintainer, but personally I don't implement something just because a standard allows for it. It's important to show a concrete use case that doesn't have a cleaner solution.

I would be willing to implement this in Pogo if Deno supports it.

[Oloompa]

The problem in node.js was that http parser was blocking the ability to use other methods that listed ones. It was deliberately blocked.

The question here is "is the http parser rigidity same as nodejs" ?

Your framework could not do it if deno block it.

[ry]

@Oloompa No, you can use any verb:

deno/std/http/server.ts

Line 312 in fcae4a7

[req.method, req.url, req.proto] = firstLine.split(" ", 3);

But as the one who imposed that restriction in Node, I would strongly discourage the use of verbs outside of the spec.

[Oloompa]

@ry thanks for answer