Re: [Pki-devel] [PATCH] 170 - fix Profile Resource to send correct responses on creation/modification

On 11/5/2013 11:25 AM, Ade Lee wrote: > First of "rules of the road" patches. Makes sure ProfileResource > returns correct return code for creation/modification. > > Ade ACK. There are actually some issues that need further discussion: 1. Should we use HTTP 409 (Conflict) for errors caused by entry already exists? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3825990/http-response-code-for-post-wh... 2. If the request is OK but the server won't execute an operation (e.g. profile status doesn't allow it), should we return HTTP 403 (Forbidden)? Or maybe HTTP 422 (Unprocessable Entity)? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3290182/rest-http-status-codes