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The OP says almost no-one uses it, but as a concrete (admittedly non-RESTful) example of one of the few users, Subversion does use OPTIONS.
by andrewaylett 15y ago
The OP says almost no-one uses it, but as a concrete (admittedly non-RESTful) example of one of the few users, Subversion does use OPTIONS.
- eloisius 15y agoI've never used svn, so I was unaware. Nice to know though. I want to see how it is being used so I have more ideas of how to push it further.
- jbester 15y agoIt's also used as part of the CORS handshake for cross-domain XHR calls.
- kelnos 15y agoPretty sure Subversion's HTTP access "inherits" the use of OPTIONS from its WebDAV roots, actually.