[COUCHDB-335] More 500 errors for malformed client requests

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: HTTP Interface

Environment

SVN trunk "0.10.0a768591"

• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Brian Candler
• Created: 28/Apr/09 08:02
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:26
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:26

Description

Here are four more cases where malformed client requests can return "500 Internal Server Error" (as shown by curl -v) with an unhelpful diagnostic message.

$ curl -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:5984/test

{"ok":true}

$ curl -X POST -d '

{"docs":[1,2,3]}

' http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/_bulk_docs

{"error":"unknown_error","reason":"function_clause"}

1. 1. 1. 500 Internal Server Error

$ curl -X POST -d '{"docs":{"foo":"bar"}}' http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/_bulk_docs

{"error":"unknown_error","reason":"function_clause"}

1. 1. 1. 500 Internal Server Error

$ curl -X POST -d '[]' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/_temp_view

{"error":"badmatch","reason":""}

1. 1. 1. 500 Internal Server Error

$ curl -X POST -d '{}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/_temp_view
{"error":"badmatch","reason":"nocatch,{compilation_error,<<\"expression does not eval to a function. (undefined)\">>,\n [

{couch_os_process,prompt,2}

,\n

{couch_query_servers,'-start_doc_map/2-fun-0-',2}

,\n

{lists,foreach,2}

,\n

{couch_query_servers,start_doc_map,2}

,\n

{couch_view_updater,view_compute,2}

,\n

{couch_view_updater,update,1}

]}"}

1. 1. 1. 500 Internal Server Error

See also COUCHDB-320 which gives another way to elicit a 500:

curl -X POST -d '{"map":"function(){}"}' http://127.0.0.1:5984/test/_temp_view

{"error":"incorrect_mime_type","reason":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}

1. 1. 1. 500 Internal Server Error