What is usage of method rest.use(methodOverride()) in node.js?

Question

In nodejs applications i found method-override module and the project which i am studing contains this code

var methodOverride=require('method-override');

and after creating rest server

rest.use(methodOverride())

It seems like it is a middleware. But my question is there we are not passing any arguments. Then what actually it does ?

http://stackoverflow.com/a/8378414 This is used to simulate `put` and `delete` methods like `app.put(` `app.delete`, which are otherwise unavailable. — Talha Awan, Apr 01 '17 at 11:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '17 at 11:43

Lets you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it.

Usage: methodOverride(getter, options)

You are calling this same function, but the defaults for getter and options are being applied. Which are:

getter: X-HTTP-Method-Override

options: ['POST']

It will be easier if you simply check the API next time.

Usually typing www.npmjs.com/package/<name> takes you there. (www.npmjs.com/package/method-override in this case)

I read the documentation but i didn't get much information from this documentation. — Devdutta Goyal, Apr 01 '17 at 12:34

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