[Feature Request] One document Endpoint

[zaterio]

Hi @nicolaiarocci,

Too many times I have needed an endpoint to be used as a configuration point for other applications, for example:

schema_transcoding_config = {
'encoding_enabled': {'type': 'boolean', 'default': True},
'threads': {'type': 'int', 'default': 1},
}

endpoint only needs one item, and old ones are deleted periodically.

I suggest the following new feature: At the endpoint level, a new setting "one_document_endpoint" (for example): An endpoint configured with "one_document_endpoint", must ensure that only one document is kept, in case of Create/Update Document, old documents must be deleted. DELETE operations on Collection/Document not allowed, Bulk operation not allowed.

Please consider whether this feature is appropriate.
I am a volunteer for its implementation.

Thanks!

[nicolaiarocci]

Hi @zaterio. All of this would be attainable, I think, with some 'maintenance activity' on the client side. Like, only send update commands to the single document originally stored at the endpoint. I understand the usefulness though, especially around avoiding unwanted behavior on behalf of rogue (or bugged) clients. Is this the only reason you would want the feature added?