The PUT handler doesn't match the semantics of the traditional PUT verb.
I chose PUT because I wanted a way for the client to signal to the server that it wanted back the URL instead of a JSON object.
Revisiting the decision, I should have just used an Accept header in the request to let the client specify whether they want plaintext (default) or JSON. So we should combine the handlers for PUT and POST into a single handler that chooses output based on the content type and accept headers.
See similar work in PicoShare: https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare/pull/318/files
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PUThandler doesn't match the semantics of the traditionalPUTverb.I chose
PUTbecause I wanted a way for the client to signal to the server that it wanted back the URL instead of a JSON object.Revisiting the decision, I should have just used an
Acceptheader in the request to let the client specify whether they want plaintext (default) or JSON. So we should combine the handlers forPUTandPOSTinto a single handler that chooses output based on the content type and accept headers.See similar work in PicoShare: https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare/pull/318/files