Document required HTTP/WebDAV methods (in FAQ?)

[michaelstingl]

Today, a user asked me about the HTTP/WebDAV methods ownCloud uses. Could we document it somewhere?

This are the answers I've got from my colleagues:

@davivel

mobile clients use PROPFIND, MKCOL, COPY & MOVE from that list

@guruz

same for desktop.. normal webdav clients are supposed to use OPTIONS too

@davivel

besides of HTTP: GET, PUT, POST, DELETE ; we also use HEAD sometimes
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@PVince81

also REPORT
DELETE, PUT, POST

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[PVince81]

@RealRancor I thought we had this somewhere but somehow couldn't find it

[ghost]

@PVince81 Nope, there is no such list in the documentation. I'm using something like:

if ($request_method !~ ^(DELETE|PROPFIND|PUT|GET|HEAD|POST|OPTIONS|REPORT|MKCOL|MOVE|PROPPATCH|COPY|PATCH)$ ) {
      return 405;
}

in my nginx config without any issues.

[settermjd]

I'll get that done. Thanks for raising it.

[davivel]

This could help:

https://github.com/cernbox/smashbox/blob/master/protocol/protocol.md

[settermjd]

Any suggestions on where best to put this documentation? @michaelstingl @PVince81

[PVince81]

Developer docs, but not sure where. Maybe a new section about HTTP APIs ?

[PVince81]

could be something similar / close to the OCS Share API page

[voroyam]

closing, fix will be in the collection issue