I think you might find http://webtask.io http://webtask.io interesting for similar use-cases where the full spectrum of http methods are supported. The premise

I think you might find http://webtask.io http://webtask.io interesting for similar use-cases where the full spectrum of http methods are supported. The premise is a sort of RPC service running arbitrary javascript code within the life-cycle of a request. The huge benefit here is the ability to securely expose secrets to webtask code, allowing you to do things like connect to a database, stripe, 3rd parti api, etc. Let me know if you have any questions on this model.