Mailing List Archive: Re: - NetScape Publishing

Re: - NetScape Publishing - error 501 not supported

Dec 7, 1998, 5:47 PM

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On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, David Warman wrote:

> Using the built-in server on port 8080, Python 1.5.1, NetScape Communicator 4.5, RHL Linux 5.1
> When I Publish from Composer (on my Windows 98 machine), I get error 501: server does not support this operation, and the operation
> named is "do_PUT". NetScape does not have an option
> to change this operation name to "PUT"

I'm using about the same setup (except I'm publishing from a Linux
machine) and can reproduce the problem. ZopeHTTPServer is based on the
standard Python BaseHTTPServer/SimpleHTTPServer classes, which implement
HTTP function x as do_x. I.e., when it receives a GET, it tries to execute
a do_GET method. In this case, it's getting a PUT, trying a do_PUT, and
failing, since do_PUT isn't defeined. And it seems like it should be
defined. Amos is listed as the author...

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Re: - NetScape Publishing - error 501 not supported [ In reply to ]

amos at aracnet

Dec 7, 1998, 6:42 PM

Post #2 of 3 (1479 views)

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At 07:47 PM 12/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, David Warman wrote:
>
>> Using the built-in server on port 8080, Python 1.5.1, NetScape
Communicator 4.5, RHL Linux 5.1
>> When I Publish from Composer (on my Windows 98 machine), I get error
501: server does not support this operation, and the operation
>> named is "do_PUT". NetScape does not have an option
>> to change this operation name to "PUT"
>
>I'm using about the same setup (except I'm publishing from a Linux
>machine) and can reproduce the problem. ZopeHTTPServer is based on the
>standard Python BaseHTTPServer/SimpleHTTPServer classes, which implement
>HTTP function x as do_x. I.e., when it receives a GET, it tries to execute
>a do_GET method. In this case, it's getting a PUT, trying a do_PUT, and
>failing, since do_PUT isn't defeined. And it seems like it should be
>defined. Amos is listed as the author...

Yes, I am, and yes it's true, ZopeHTTPServer.py doesn't yet support PUT.
I'll try to get in for the next release, which I believe is due in a week.
It shouldn't be too hard, this is Python after all :-)

-Amos

Re: - NetScape Publishing - error 501 not supported [ In reply to ]

andreas at ag

Dec 8, 1998, 6:22 AM

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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Amos Latteier wrote:

> Yes, I am, and yes it's true, ZopeHTTPServer.py doesn't yet support PUT.
> I'll try to get in for the next release, which I believe is due in a week.
> It shouldn't be too hard, this is Python after all :-)
I've done it for BoboHTTPServer.py. :)
It's python, and in doing so, it seems I've discovered some pecularities
of some python standard modules :(

Nevertheless, it's available at https://www.mtg.co.at/BoboHTTPServer.py

Andreas
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