From: Brian Warner <warner@allmydata.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:08:03 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: webapi.txt: explain POST /uri/?t=upload, thanks to Toby Murray for the catch
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webapi.txt: explain POST /uri/?t=upload, thanks to Toby Murray for the catch
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diff --git a/docs/frontends/webapi.txt b/docs/frontends/webapi.txt
index 330ebfdc..8cc9288f 100644
--- a/docs/frontends/webapi.txt
+++ b/docs/frontends/webapi.txt
@@ -670,6 +670,11 @@ POST /uri/$DIRCAP/[SUBDIRS../]FILENAME?t=upload
 
 POST /uri/$FILECAP?t=upload
 
+ This modifies the contents of an existing mutable file in-place. An error is
+ signalled if $FILECAP does not refer to a mutable file. It behaves just like
+ the "PUT /uri/$FILECAP" form, but uses a POST for the benefit of HTML forms
+ in a web browser.
+
 === Attaching An Existing File Or Directory (by URI) ===
 
 POST /uri/$DIRCAP/[SUBDIRS../]?t=uri&name=CHILDNAME&uri=CHILDCAP