[COUCHDB-1097] Unable to do an OPTIONS request to shows or lists

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3
• Component/s: HTTP Interface
• Labels: http
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Omar Yasin
• Created: 21/Mar/11 21:37
• Updated: 30/Apr/12 15:38
• Resolved: 29/Oct/11 19:00

Description

When using XHR to access CouchDB, it is not possible to respond to OPTIONS requests for shows or lists. This means that it's impossible for to tell the requesting browsers which communication options are available causing it to throw a Access-Control-Allow error.

I've patched this in my github fork of CouchDB at:
https://github.com/omarkj/couchdb/commit/a11ba543581c05d61b031d044bad9f9d63c875c0