better HTTP status codes in WebServices

[carlod80]

When a client performs an HTTP request to a LabVIEW WebService, if the resource exists but the method is not supported (e.g. PUT instead of GET), the WebService responds with a 404-Not Found status code, giving the (wrong) impression that the resource name is wrong or non-existent. It would be better to have the service respond with a more informative 405-Method Not Allowed or 501-Not Implemented.

[carlod80]

adding to this same bug report/idea exchange (not sure how to call it), there is also this issue here: https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/REST-Error-Response-Include-BODY-data/m-p/2712055 that has been tracked with CAR 400778 since 2013.

Given the (almost null?) traction on these topics I wonder if there is anyone using LabVIEW WebServices for real-life, production HTTP APIs? If yes, I wonder how they manage to get useful REST-compliant services to work...

Also the Web Development group (https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Web-Development/tkb-p/7308) seems very silent.... 

[wiebe@CARYA]

I used WebServices in LabVIEW, but decided to use .NET as HTTP server. Then you get to decide what to return all by yourself.

[carlod80]

...which is another way to say that they are (almost) useless in production environments.

That's a pity, since their integration in LabVIEW could have been a very powerful tool for the IOT (not in their current implementation, though).

I have no idea of how .NET works, and I will probably go back to writing everything in Python, which is definitely production-ready for web services.

I'm quite puzzled as to why this has topic had little or no attention from NI in the last years...

[wiebe@CARYA]

>I'm quite puzzled as to why this has topic had little or no attention from NI in the last years...

I guess people either use it as it is, or found a workaround...

I'm not sure why it is implemented in a totally new and 'alien' way. Why not provide a simple API? Just some VIs in a library (or class, preferably)...

[Darren]

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