[COUCHDB-566] Invalid database name gives 500 response

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.11
• Component/s: HTTP Interface

Environment

0.11.0b831082

• Assignee: Adam Kocoloski
• Reporter: Brian Candler
• Created: 09/Nov/09 19:57
• Updated: 09/Nov/09 20:10
• Resolved: 09/Nov/09 20:10

Description

Attempting to create a database with an invalid name gives a 500 (server failed) HTTP response. IMO this should be 400 (bad request). Perhaps worth checking for other instances like this.

$ curl -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:5984/mirrorAgent1

{"error":"error","reason":"illegal_database_name"}

$ curl -v -X PUT http://127.0.0.1:5984/mirrorAgent1

• About to connect() to 127.0.0.1 port 5984 (#0)
• Trying 127.0.0.1... connected
• Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 5984 (#0)
  > PUT /mirrorAgent1 HTTP/1.1
  > User-Agent: curl/7.18.0 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zli
  > Host: 127.0.0.1:5984
  > Accept: /
  >
  < HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
  < Server: CouchDB/0.11.0b831082 (Erlang OTP/R12B)
  < Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:51:28 GMT
  < Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
  < Content-Length: 51
  < Cache-Control: must-revalidate
  < {"error":"error","reason":"illegal_database_name"}
• Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact
• Closing connection #0