Different locations based on $request_method

[Aaron Starr]

Hello, all,

I would like to configure nginx to return a file if the request method is
GET. But, if the request method is PUT or POST, I'd like for the back end to
handle it. So, ideally, something like this:

    location / GET {
      try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @missing;
    }

    location / PUT {
      proxy_pass http://sinatra;
      ....
    }

    location @missing {
      return 404;
    }

I understand that that particular syntax isn't possible. Is something like
this the best way to do it?

    location / {

      if ($request_method = PUT) {
        proxy_pass http://sinatra;
        ....
        break;
      }

      try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @missing;
    }

    location @missing {
      return 404;
    }

I'm aware that if==bad, but not sure if there's a better way to redirect
traffic based on the request method?

Thanks for any help,

Aaron
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