Default values

[plinss]

I noticed the implementation allows specifying default values in the template, which is cool, but is not supported by the RFC.

Maybe this feature should be added to the RFC?

[sigmavirus24]

Can you share what you mean by "specifying default values"? I can't figure out what you're talking about. I only wrote things according to the specification.

[plinss]

Sure, you can have a template: “{foo=bar}” and if the caller does not provide a value for ‘foo’, the result is “bar”. Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t find that in the RFC.

[sigmavirus24]

Huh, now I'm wondering why I implemented that nearly 7 years ago.

[plinss]

Looks like it was in an earlier draft: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gregorio-uritemplate-02#section-3.2 and removed in version 06.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not proposing you remove the feature, I'd rather see a new version of the RFC that brings this feature back. I'm just pointing it out to raise the disconnect.

[sigmavirus24]

Well I don't have control over that and have little enthusiasm to interact with the IETF WG over this.