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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m writing code to interface with the HTTP JSON REST API of a PowerDNS 3.4.1 authoritative server with a MySQL backend.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm submitting a request to modify the records on a zone using a PATCH method as specified at <a href="https://doc.powerdns.com/md/httpapi/api_spec/#url-serversserver95idzoneszone95id">https://doc.powerdns.com/md/httpapi/api_spec/#url-serversserver95idzoneszone95id</a>, and I'm getting back a "405 Method Not Allowed" response. I am able to successfully GET the pre-created example.com zone and POST (create) or DELETE my own test zone. It's only PATCH that's not working.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I tried increasing the server log level to 9 (the maximum), and I see my request in the log, but it only shows the request size and the fact that it caused a 405 error, which I already know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It doesn’t seem to matter what content the PATCH request actually contains, what zone I use, or even if the zone exists at all. It seems to just be the PATCH method itself causing the problem. This makes me think that it is a simple configuration problem on the server. Maybe the internal HTTP server component is rejecting PATCH requests by default?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyways, here is the request. This is attempting to delete all TXT records on example.com:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10.9.9.64:8081 /servers/localhost/zones/example.com PATCH {"rrsets":[{"name":"example.com","type":"TXT","changetype":"DELETE","records":[],"comments":[]}]}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Response: 405 Method Not Allowed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>