Implement QUERY Method

[hawkinsw]

What's missing?

I am a huge fan of Rocket and thought that I could add support for the nearly-standardized QUERY method (https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-05.html). I have a WIP PR that I will post to go along with this Feature Request. I have done my absolute best to make sure that I have followed all the proper steps.

Ideal Solution

I believe that the ideal solution is to simply add QUERY in the appropriate spot in the call(s) to the define_methods macro. Because QUERY is not yet an RFC, there will be a few changes to the define_methods macro so that the documentation is generated correctly.

Why can't this be implemented outside of Rocket?

N/A

Are there workarounds usable today?

N/A

Alternative Solutions

No response

Additional Context

Again, thank you for all the work that you are doing on Rocket. I understand that the PR that I will post does not have tests and that is absolutely a requirement. However, I wanted to post early/often to see whether support for QUERY is something that you would consider. If it is, then I will absolutely add all the tests necessary and clean up anything else that I have done incorrectly.

System Checks

• I do not believe that this feature can or should be implemented outside of Rocket.
• I was unable to find a previous request for this feature.

[SergioBenitez]

I'm of the opinion that we need a proper RFC to implement support for a method in this manner. The QUERY method has been in draft form for 3 years with various changes in its semantics in the same time, so I'm not as certain that we'll see a proper RFC soon. I would be in favor of a nice mechanism for custom methods in Rocket, which would supersede the need for this PR and others like it.

[hawkinsw]

Okay! I was just trying to help!

Will

[hawkinsw]

Didn't mean to offend!

[SergioBenitez]

No offense taken! It's excellent to bring things like this up, even if we don't merge them. My apologies if I indicated otherwise!

[hawkinsw]

You did not!! I was just being sure! I would love to take a crack at adding a

nice mechanism for custom methods in Rocket

Would you be amenable to me opening a discussion PR for the way that we would want this implemented? Once we have a sense for how it should work, I could code it up!

If that sounds okay, then I will get right on it!

Thanks for giving me the chance to contribute!