[jira] Created: (COUCHDB-190) _uuid should respond to GET, not POST

["Matt Goodall (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

_uuid should respond to GET, not POST
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                 Key: COUCHDB-190
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-190
             Project: CouchDB
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Database Core
    Affects Versions: 0.9
            Reporter: Matt Goodall


The /_uuid resource can happily return a response to a GET without being unresty. In fact, supporting POST is probably incorrect as it implies it would change server state.

Quick summary:

* _uuid never changes server state
* calling _uuid multiple times does not impact other clients
* that the resource returns something different each time it is requested does not mean it cannot be a POST
* GET with proper cache control (i.e. don't cache it ever) will work equally well

Full discussion can be found on the user m.l., http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-user/200901.mbox/%3C21939021.1440421230910477169.JavaMail.servlet@perfora%3E.

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