[COUCHDB-3137] "/" path is treated differently from "" path

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Component/s: HTTP Interface
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Dirkjan
• Created: 08/Sep/16 12:07
• Updated: 09/Sep/16 16:48
• Resolved: 09/Sep/16 09:25

Description

I got a bug against CouchDB-Python yesterday, see here:

https://github.com/djc/couchdb-python/issues/303

In it, the reporter explains that requesting the empty path from the database server gets the following response:

{"error":"not_found","reason":"Database does not exist."}

whereas the path "/" gets this response:

{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"2.0.0-RC4","vendor":{"name":"The Apache Software Foundation"}}

My expectation would be that the responses for both of these paths should be the same, and both should get the welcome response.