Make start/stop commands in REST API available via POST request

dcdbpusher/RestAPI.cpp

@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ RestAPI::RestAPI(serverSettings_t         settings,
 	addEndpoint("/quit", {http::verb::put, stdBind(PUT_quit)});
 	addEndpoint("/load", {http::verb::put, stdBind(PUT_load)});
 	addEndpoint("/unload", {http::verb::put, stdBind(PUT_unload)});
-	addEndpoint("/start", {http::verb::put, stdBind(PUT_start)});
-	addEndpoint("/stop", {http::verb::put, stdBind(PUT_stop)});
 	addEndpoint("/reload", {http::verb::put, stdBind(PUT_reload)});
 
+	addEndpoint("/start", {http::verb::post, stdBind(POST_start)});
+	addEndpoint("/stop", {http::verb::post, stdBind(POST_stop)});
+
 	_manager->addRestEndpoints(this);
 
 	addEndpoint("/analytics/reload", {http::verb::put, stdBind(PUT_analytics_reload)});
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ void RestAPI::PUT_unload(endpointArgs) {
 	reloadQueryEngine();
 }
 
-void RestAPI::PUT_start(endpointArgs) {
+void RestAPI::POST_start(endpointArgs) {
 	const std::string plugin = getQuery("plugin", queries);
 
 	if (!hasPlugin(plugin, res)) {
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ void RestAPI::PUT_start(endpointArgs) {
 	}
 }
 
-void RestAPI::PUT_stop(endpointArgs) {
+void RestAPI::POST_stop(endpointArgs) {
 	const std::string plugin = getQuery("plugin", queries);
 
 	if (!hasPlugin(plugin, res)) {

dcdbpusher/RestAPI.h

@@ -54,26 +54,26 @@ class RestAPI : public RESTHttpsServer {
 
 	// String used as a response for the REST GET /help command
 	const string restCheatSheet = "dcdbpusher RESTful API cheatsheet:\n"
-				      " -GET: /help               This help message.\n"
-				      "       /analytics/help     An help message for data analytics commands.\n"
-				      "       /plugins?[json]   D List of currently loaded plugins.\n"
-				      "       /sensors?plugin;[json]\n"
-				      "                         D List of currently running sensors which belong to\n"
-				      "                           the specified plugin.\n"
-				      "       /average?plugin;sensor;[interval]\n"
-				      "                           Average of last sensor readings from the last\n"
-				      "                           [interval] seconds or of all cached readings if no\n"
-				      "                           interval is given.\n"
-				      " -PUT: /load?plugin;[path];[config]\n"
-				      "                           Load a new plugin. Optionally specify path to the\n"
-				      "                           shared library and/or the config file for the "
-				      "                           plugin.\n"
-				      "       /unload?plugin      Unload a plugin.\n"
-				      "       /start?plugin       Start the sensors of the plugin.\n"
-				      "       /stop?plugin        Stop the sensors of the plugin.\n"
-				      "       /reload?plugin      Reload the plugin configuration.\n"
-		              "       /quit?[code]        The pusher quits with the specified\n"
-		              "                           return code.\n"
+				      " -GET:  /help               This help message.\n"
+				      "        /analytics/help     An help message for data analytics commands.\n"
+				      "        /plugins?[json]   D List of currently loaded plugins.\n"
+				      "        /sensors?plugin;[json]\n"
+				      "                          D List of currently running sensors which belong to\n"
+				      "                            the specified plugin.\n"
+				      "        /average?plugin;sensor;[interval]\n"
+				      "                            Average of last sensor readings from the last\n"
+				      "                            [interval] seconds or of all cached readings if no\n"
+				      "                            interval is given.\n"
+				      " -PUT:  /load?plugin;[path];[config]\n"
+				      "                            Load a new plugin. Optionally specify path to the\n"
+				      "                            shared library and/or the config file for the "
+				      "                            plugin.\n"
+				      "        /unload?plugin      Unload a plugin.\n"
+				      "        /reload?plugin      Reload the plugin configuration.\n"
+				      "        /quit?[code]        The pusher quits with the specified\n"
+				      "                            return code.\n"
+    				      " -POST: /start?plugin       Start the sensors of the plugin.\n"
+				      "        /stop?plugin        Stop the sensors of the plugin.\n"
 				      "\n";
 
       private:
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class RestAPI : public RESTHttpsServer {
 	void PUT_unload(endpointArgs);
 
 	/**
-     * PUT "/start"
+     * POST "/start"
      *
      * @brief Start a plugin.
      *
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ class RestAPI : public RESTHttpsServer {
      * Required | plugin  | all plugin names     | specify the plugin
      * Optional |  -      |        -             |      -
      */
-	void PUT_start(endpointArgs);
+	void POST_start(endpointArgs);
 
 	/**
-     * PUT "/stop"
+     * POST "/stop"
      *
      * @brief Stop a plugin.
      *
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class RestAPI : public RESTHttpsServer {
      * Required | plugin  | all plugin names     | specify the plugin
      * Optional |  -      |        -             |      -
      */
-	void PUT_stop(endpointArgs);
+	void POST_stop(endpointArgs);
 
 	/**
      * PUT "/reload"