405. That’s an error.
The request method OPTIONS
is inappropriate for the URL /
. That’s all we know.
~ % curl -X OPTIONS https://www.mozilla.org/ -i
HTTP/2 405
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-length: 0
server: meinheld/1.0.2
date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:18:38 GMT
allow: GET, HEAD
x-frame-options: DENY
content-security-policy: child-src 'self' *.mozilla.net *.mozilla.org *.mozilla.com www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com www.youtube-nocookie.com trackertest.org www.surveygizmo.com accounts.firefox.com accounts.firefox.com.cn www.youtube.com; connect-src 'self' *.mozilla.net *.mozilla.org *.mozilla.com www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com region1.google-analytics.com logs.convertexperiments.com 1003350.metrics.convertexperiments.com 1003343.metrics.convertexperiments.com sentry.prod.mozaws.net o1069899.sentry.io o1069899.ingest.sentry.io https://accounts.firefox.com/ stage.cjms.nonprod.cloudops.mozgcp.net cjms.services.mozilla.com; frame-src 'self' *.mozilla.net *.mozilla.org *.mozilla.com www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com www.youtube-nocookie.com trackertest.org www.surveygizmo.com accounts.firefox.com accounts.firefox.com.cn www.youtube.com; script-src 'self' *.mozilla.net *.mozilla.org *.mozilla.com 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com tagmanager.google.com www.youtube.com s.ytimg.com cdn-3.convertexperiments.com app.convert.com data.track.convertexperiments.com 1003350.track.convertexperiments.com 1003343.track.convertexperiments.com; img-src 'self' *.mozilla.net *.mozilla.org *.mozilla.com data: mozilla.org www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com adservice.google.com adservice.google.de adservice.google.dk creativecommons.org cdn-3.convertexperiments.com logs.convertexperiments.com images.ctfassets.net ad.doubleclick.net; style-src 'self' *.mozilla.net *.mozilla.org *.mozilla.com 'unsafe-inline' app.convert.com; default-src 'self' *.mozilla.net *.mozilla.org *.mozilla.com; font-src 'self'
cache-control: max-age=600
expires: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:28:38 GMT
x-backend-server: bedrock-prod-web-b95bc569d-grd25.iowa-a
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
referrer-policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
via: 1.1 google, 1.1 6c90b631453c435bd0022caa657b67e8.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-cache: Error from cloudfront
x-amz-cf-pop: SFO5-P2
x-amz-cf-id: A6-9mLztaE2tz840CbV9bXYiBMZRKEamDj6jGGEl1U7sg8egWfsDqg==
~ % curl -X OPTIONS https://example.com -i
HTTP/2 200
allow: OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, POST
cache-control: max-age=604800
content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:18:59 GMT
expires: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:18:59 GMT
server: EOS (vny/0451)
content-length: 0
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332561813,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332561813,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5PbUeV,9599,2022-11-30T18:20:05Z,2022-11-30T18:20:05Z,OWNER,"Weird, GitHub reply with a 404!
```
~ % curl -X OPTIONS https://github.com/ -i
HTTP/2 404
server: GitHub.com
date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:19:39 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-length: 0
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-frame-options: deny
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-xss-protection: 0
referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
content-security-policy: default-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; block-all-mixed-content; child-src github.com/assets-cdn/worker/ gist.github.com/assets-cdn/worker/; connect-src 'self' uploads.github.com objects-origin.githubusercontent.com www.githubstatus.com collector.github.com raw.githubusercontent.com api.github.com github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com github-production-repository-file-5c1aeb.s3.amazonaws.com github-production-upload-manifest-file-7fdce7.s3.amazonaws.com github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com cdn.optimizely.com logx.optimizely.com/v1/events; font-src github.githubassets.com; form-action 'self' github.com gist.github.com objects-origin.githubusercontent.com; frame-ancestors 'none'; frame-src viewscreen.githubusercontent.com notebooks.githubusercontent.com; img-src 'self' data: github.githubassets.com media.githubusercontent.com camo.githubusercontent.com identicons.github.com avatars.githubusercontent.com github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com objects.githubusercontent.com objects-origin.githubusercontent.com secured-user-images.githubusercontent.com/ opengraph.githubassets.com github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com customer-stories-feed.github.com spotlights-feed.github.com; manifest-src 'self'; media-src github.com user-images.githubusercontent.com/ secured-user-images.githubusercontent.com/; script-src github.githubassets.com; style-src 'unsafe-inline' github.githubassets.com; worker-src github.com/assets-cdn/worker/ gist.github.com/assets-cdn/worker/
vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
x-github-request-id: DD6B:5ACA:102E8A6:1164A99:63879EBB
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332572453,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332572453,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5PbXEl,9599,2022-11-30T18:30:38Z,2022-11-30T18:30:54Z,OWNER,Started a conversation about how OPTIONS should work on Mastodon: https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109434148676475291,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332580395,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332580395,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5PbZAr,9599,2022-11-30T18:38:22Z,2022-11-30T18:38:22Z,OWNER,"> [@simon](https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon) IMO, it should always be a 2XX series response, typically with no content & an extra `Allow` header with a list of HTTP verbs it responds to.
https://mastodon.social/@daniellindsley/109434186252099323","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332585861,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332585861,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5PbaWF,9599,2022-11-30T18:43:46Z,2022-11-30T18:43:46Z,OWNER,"Here's what Django Rest Framework does: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/1ae812ea209392ad76cc5d2f35f9f7fb337f63e4/rest_framework/views.py#L514-L521
```python
def options(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
""""""
Handler method for HTTP 'OPTIONS' request.
""""""
if self.metadata_class is None:
return self.http_method_not_allowed(request, *args, **kwargs)
data = self.metadata_class().determine_metadata(request, self)
return Response(data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
```
That default `determine_metadata` method looks like this: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/1ae812ea209392ad76cc5d2f35f9f7fb337f63e4/rest_framework/metadata.py#L61-L71
```python
def determine_metadata(self, request, view):
metadata = OrderedDict()
metadata['name'] = view.get_view_name()
metadata['description'] = view.get_view_description()
metadata['renders'] = [renderer.media_type for renderer in view.renderer_classes]
metadata['parses'] = [parser.media_type for parser in view.parser_classes]
if hasattr(view, 'get_serializer'):
actions = self.determine_actions(request, view)
if actions:
metadata['actions'] = actions
return metadata
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332688245,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332688245,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5PbzV1,9599,2022-11-30T20:15:08Z,2022-11-30T20:15:08Z,OWNER,"Still getting a CORS error:
My hunch is this is because I'm not sending `Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET,HEAD,POST`.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332689547,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332689547,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5PbzqL,9599,2022-11-30T20:16:21Z,2022-11-30T20:16:46Z,OWNER,"That notebook:
```javascript
viewof token = Inputs.text({
label: ""Your API token""
})
```
```javascript
viewof createResponse = Inputs.button(""Create table"", {
value: null,
reduce: async () => {
const response = await fetch(
""https://latest.datasette.io/ephemeral/-/create"",
{
method: ""POST"",
mode: ""cors"",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer {$token}`,
""Content-Type"": ""application/json""
},
body: JSON.stringify({
table: ""my_new_table"",
row: {
task: ""Demonstrate a JSON creation from another domain""
}
})
}
);
return await response.json();
}
})
```
Based on this tip: https://talk.observablehq.com/t/best-pattern-for-click-here-to-submit-your-results-to-an-api-backend/7353/3","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332698636,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332698636,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5Pb14M,9599,2022-11-30T20:25:50Z,2022-11-30T20:25:50Z,OWNER,"I just shipped this:
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS
I'll try this out on `latest.datasette.io` - but I need to research more to check if this is a safe thing to do or not.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332855687,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332855687,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5PccOH,9599,2022-11-30T23:09:31Z,2022-11-30T23:09:31Z,OWNER,"Still getting a CORS header.
I tried it in Chrome, which outputs helpful messages to the console:
","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1922#issuecomment-1332903011,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1922,1332903011,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5Pcnxj,9599,2022-11-30T23:45:29Z,2022-11-30T23:45:29Z,OWNER,"That worked for the preflight request - got this now:
So it looks like error responses (in this case for permission denied) are missing CORS headers.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1469973742,