urls: Change the method for adding alert words from PUT to POST.

Author: alenavolk

static/js/alert_words_ui.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function add_alert_word(alert_word) {
 
     var words_to_be_added = [alert_word];
 
-     channel.put({
+     channel.post({
         url: '/json/users/me/alert_words',
         data: {alert_words: JSON.stringify(words_to_be_added)},
         success: function () {

zerver/tests/test_alert_words.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_internal_endpoint(self):
         params = {
             'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['milk', 'cookies'])
         }
-        result = self.client_put('/json/users/me/alert_words', params)
+        result = self.client_post('/json/users/me/alert_words', params)
         self.assert_json_success(result)
         user = self.example_user(user_name)
         words = user_alert_words(user)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def test_json_list_add(self):
         # type: () -> None
         self.login(self.example_email("hamlet"))
 
-        result = self.client_put('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['one ', '\n two', 'three'])})
+        result = self.client_post('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['one ', '\n two', 'three'])})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
 
         result = self.client_get('/json/users/me/alert_words')
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def test_json_list_remove(self):
         # type: () -> None
         self.login(self.example_email("hamlet"))
 
-        result = self.client_put('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['one', 'two', 'three'])})
+        result = self.client_post('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['one', 'two', 'three'])})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
 
         result = self.client_delete('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['one'])})
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def test_alert_flags(self):
         self.login(self.example_email("hamlet"))
         user_profile_hamlet = self.example_user('hamlet')
 
-        result = self.client_put('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['one', 'two', 'three'])})
+        result = self.client_post('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['one', 'two', 'three'])})
         self.assert_json_success(result)
 
         result = self.client_get('/json/users/me/alert_words')
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def test_update_alert_words(self):
         me_email = user_profile.email
 
         self.login(me_email)
-        result = self.client_put('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['ALERT'])})
+        result = self.client_post('/json/users/me/alert_words', {'alert_words': ujson.dumps(['ALERT'])})
 
         content = 'this is an ALERT for you'
         self.send_message(me_email, "Denmark", Recipient.STREAM, content)

zproject/urls.py

@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     # users/me/alert_words -> zerver.views.alert_words
     url(r'^users/me/alert_words$', rest_dispatch,
         {'GET': 'zerver.views.alert_words.list_alert_words',
-         'PUT': 'zerver.views.alert_words.add_alert_words',
+         'POST': 'zerver.views.alert_words.add_alert_words',
          'DELETE': 'zerver.views.alert_words.remove_alert_words'}),
 
     # users/me/custom_profile_data -> zerver.views.custom_profile_data