Different locations based on $request_method

[Aaron Starr]

To follow up on my own question:

Maxim Dounin, in response to another question in the forum, recommended this
version to get a very similar effect and avoid the if:

    location / {
      # static handler returns 405 for POST and PUT requests to a static
file

      error_page 405 = @sinatra;
      try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @sinatra;
    }

    location @sinatra {
      ...
      proxy_pass http://app_servers;
    }



On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Aaron Starr <astarr at wiredquote.com> wrote:

>
> 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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