[api] manila API returns HTTP 404 NotFound even when the resource that it raised the error for is not part of the URI

[Goutham Pacha Ravi]

HTTP404 should only be returned when the resource that is missing/unknown is part of the URI. If the resource that is missing is part of the request body, HTTPBadRequest is the right response code to return.

[Jason Grosso (jgrosso)]

Are there plans to work on this bug?

[Jason Grosso (jgrosso)]

Hey Tom and Goutham are these all relate?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila/+bug/1567387
https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila/+bug/1607405

[Goutham Pacha Ravi (gouthamr)]

Hi Jason,

No, this isn't related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila/+bug/1567387.
but, is quite related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila/+bug/1607405

We have many APIs that return 404 even when the requested resource is not in the URL. Maybe it helps if I clarify which specific API's return status 404 instead of 400. The API ref does a good job of capturing this information: https://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/shared-file-system/

This bug should be a wishlist improvement at best, since the API has been published for many releases, and tooling has been built around it. It seems too small a gain to go fix past mistakes to adhere to HTTP standards. We can accept that our APIs are not perfect, and ensure (as we've been doing since OpenStack has had an API-SIG, and we nominated a liaison for it) that we don't repeat these mistakes.

Thanks for reminding me to update this bug. I'm now marking it "Won't fix" - "Wishlist".

[Jason Grosso (jgrosso)]

thanks for the update Goutham