Closed Bug 1164004 Opened 9 years ago Closed 4 years ago

Add Form HTTP Extensions

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Core & HTML
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: cmhjones, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; SunOS i86pc; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0
Build ID: 20120423181512

Steps to reproduce:

The W3C Form HTTP Extensions specification is requested for implementation to enable the following features within HTML forms:

* Additional HTTP methods, eg: PUT, DELETE
* Configuration of HTTP headers
* Configuration of HTTP authentication login and logout

http://http://www.w3.org/TR/form-http-extensions
URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/form-http-extens...
Severity: normal → enhancement
Summary: Form HTTP Extensions → Add Form HTTP Extensions
Re: additional HTTP methods, there has been considerable interest and conversation on this topic over on Stack Overflow:

http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/114156/why-are-there-are-no-put-and-delete-methods-on-html-forms

The debate there might help jumpstart the conversation over here.
Component: HTML: Form Submission → DOM: Core & HTML

+1

This specification is no longer in active maintenance and the HTML Working Group does not intend to maintain it further.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX

Mike, according to the author of this specification, it is only no longer in active maintenance because implementers have failed to make any progress and the specification can't proceed any further without two implementations¹. This is a deadlock that I urge you to break by implementing the specification behind a flag for evaluation, so it can be revived and proceed towards a recommendation. It is ludicrous that in 2020 web developers cannot make a simple RESTful form. There has been considerable developer interest in this specification on stackexchange² and I hope Mozilla can find someone to champion the issue on their behalf.

1 https://github.com/cameronjones/form-http-extensions/issues/3
2 https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/114156/why-are-there-are-no-put-and-delete-methods-on-html-forms

Flags: needinfo?(mconca)

Luke, please see https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3577. I'll add another comment there giving a bit more detail.

Flags: needinfo?(mconca)
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