Couldn't find any concrete documentation on this. RFC spec doesn't seem very verbose on the topic and express supports data passed in the DELETE method. So I think it would make sense to allow as much in feathers.

For now I'm doing this:

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  if (req.method === 'DELETE') {
    req.feathers.data = req.body;
  }
});

Then I just access params.data. However it would be nice to keep the api consistent in implementation. I'm interested in what the official position is on this for feathers.

By default, remove does not need to pass in any body since it's a remove

You can use things like paramsFromClient, paramsForServer to pass things from client to server with additional data. If you would like to get the actual data of the id you are going to remove, you can perform a .get(id) using before hook and you should be able to get the data you want.

Hi @bwgjoseph

My question was not whether or not body is required but, if it would be well received to officially support it. As of now, the remove request does not behave similarly to a POST or PUT which allows users to pass data in the body of the request.

Thanks for the reply.

Here's a couple threads on the topic in general:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10015724/2742481
https://stackoverflow.com/a/299696/2742481

Hi @ericuldall,

Thanks for the clarification.

For certain use-case, I do certainly agree on supporting body in request.