POST method in SIAv2

[Patrick Dowler]

This has been clarified in WD-DALI-1.2 but the intent is that both
form data and multipart are supported (the latter for when one of the
params is an UPLOAD param with a separate inline table).

And yeah, writing the openapi for this is an eye opener
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Patrick Dowler
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Victoria, BC, Canada

On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 13:34, Joshua Fraustro via dal <dal at ivoa.net> wrote:
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> Looking for a quick clarification on the proper implementation of the POST method for SIAv2.
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> SIAv2.0's spec states the following:
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> As a DALI-sync resource, the parameters for a request may be submitted using an HTTP GET (query string) or POST action.
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> That’s the last the document speaks of it. Are the search parameters intended to be provided as form-data? I’d hope so, but I’ve seen crazier things.
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> (I feel like I’m obligated to mention at this point, that questions like these are a great reason to have OpenAPI docs! 😉)
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> Thanks,
> Joshua Fraustro