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< p > "There are two noncontroversial uses for overloaded POST. The first is to < em > simulate< / em > HTTP's uniform interface for clients like web browsers that don't support PUT or DELETE"< / p >
< p > — < a href = "1" > RESTful Web Services< / a > , Leonard Richardson & Sam Ruby.< / p >
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< h2 id = "overloading-the-http-method" > Overloading the HTTP method< / h2 >
< p > < strong > TODO: Preamble.< / strong > Note that this is the same strategy as is used in < a href = "2" > Ruby on Rails< / a > .< / p >
< p > For example, given the following form:< / p >
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< h2 id = "overloading-the-http-content-type" > Overloading the HTTP content type< / h2 >
< p > Browser-based submission of content types other than form are supported by using form fields named < code > _content< / code > and < code > _content_type< / code > :< / p >
< p > For example, given the following form:< / p >
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< p > < code > request.content_type< / code > would return < code > "application/json"< / code > , and < code > request.content< / code > would return < code > "{'count': 1}"< / code > < / p >
< h2 id = "why-not-just-use-javascript" > Why not just use Javascript?< / h2 >
< p > < strong > [TODO]< / strong > < / p >
< h2 id = "doesnt-html5-support-put-and-delete-forms" > Doesn't HTML5 support PUT and DELETE forms?< / h2 >
< p > Nope. It was at one point intended to support < code > PUT< / code > and < code > DELETE< / code > forms, but was later < a href = "3" > dropped from the spec< / a > . There remains < a href = "4" > ongoing discussion< / a > about adding support for < code > PUT< / code > and < code > DELETE< / code > , as well as how to support content-types other than form-encoded data.< / p >
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