[OSM-dev] API 0.6 - DELETE question

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Karl Guggisberg wrote:
> just wondering why DELETE /api/0.6/[node|way|relation]/#id isn't idempotent,
> i.e.
> why DELETE(primitive) where primitive.visible=false will lead to 410 Gone
> instead of 200 OK?

I guess if you do not already know that the object is deleted (which I 
infer from your trying to delete it!) this means that you have an old 
version of the object. If it would not give you a 410 Gone then it would 
probably give you a 409 Conflict because of the version mismatch!

Bye
Frederik

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