{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/issues/16981","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/issues/16981/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/issues/16981/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/issues/16981/events","html_url":"https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/16981","id":59606889,"number":16981,"title":"akka-http: DELETE method should accept non-empty HTTP entity","user":{"login":"kostya-sh","id":7126275,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7126275?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh","html_url":"https://github.com/kostya-sh","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kostya-sh/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/labels/t:http","name":"t:http","color":"ededed"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/labels/t:http:core","name":"t:http:core","color":"ededed"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-03-03T07:51:00Z","updated_at":"2015-03-05T23:19:32Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Currently isEntityAccepted = false for HttpMethod.DELETE meaning that akka http client cannot send a DELETE HttpRequest with body.\r\n\r\nAccording to the discussion (with the links to the relevant specifications) at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/299628/is-an-entity-body-allowed-for-an-http-delete-request body for DELETE method is not explicitly disallowed.\r\n\r\nI think both client and server implementations should support non empty entity in DELETE request."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/issues/comments/77474069","html_url":"https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/16981#issuecomment-77474069","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/akka/akka/issues/16981","id":77474069,"user":{"login":"analytically","id":254434,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/254434?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically","html_url":"https://github.com/analytically","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/analytically/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-05T23:19:32Z","updated_at":"2015-03-05T23:19:32Z","body":"Relevant: https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2015/03/limitations-of-the-get-method-in-http/"}}