[Web-SIG] Random thoughts

[David Fraser]

david wrote:

> David
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> <snip>
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>> I agree, post and query are great, but I don't think "form" should be 
>> the general term (what about a query parameter in a hyperlink?)
>> I prefer parameters:
>> request.parameters(query_overrides=1)
>> request.parameters.postdata()
>> request.parameters.querydata()
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> +1
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>> We should also allow for file uploads - for this we may need to take 
>> into account that the entire post may not be read in by the time the 
>> handler gets here, so some of the postdata() objects may be file-like 
>> objects that can read the uploaded file.
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> Also with REST it is becoming more common to need to access the body 
> of the request because you POST an XML body instead of parameters.
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> Dave

Thanks David, presumed you meant to Cc this to the list too...

David