sveltejs · Rich-Harris · Jul 15, 2022 · Jul 13, 2022 · Jul 13, 2022 · Jul 13, 2022
diff --git a/.changeset/empty-teachers-cheat.md b/.changeset/empty-teachers-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+[breaking] Endpoint method names uppercased to match HTTP specifications
diff --git a/.changeset/honest-coins-switch.md b/.changeset/honest-coins-switch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+uppercase handlers
diff --git a/documentation/docs/03-routing.md b/documentation/docs/03-routing.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Their job is to return a `{ status, headers, body }` object representing the res
 ```js
 /// file: src/routes/random.js
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
-export async function get() {
+export async function GET() {
 	return {
 		status: 200,
 		headers: {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export type RequestHandler<Body = any> = GenericRequestHandler<{ id: string }, B
 import db from '$lib/database';
 
 /** @type {import('./__types/[id]').RequestHandler} */
-export async function get({ params }) {
+export async function GET({ params }) {
 	// `params.id` comes from [id].js
 	const item = await db.get(params.id);
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export async function get({ params }) {
 }
 ```
 
-> The type of the `get` function above comes from `./__types/[id].d.ts`, which is a file generated by SvelteKit (inside your [`outDir`](/docs/configuration#outdir), using the [`rootDirs`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#rootDirs) option) that provides type safety when accessing `params`. See the section on [generated types](/docs/types#generated-types) for more detail.
+> The type of the `GET` function above comes from `./__types/[id].d.ts`, which is a file generated by SvelteKit (inside your [`outDir`](/docs/configuration#outdir), using the [`rootDirs`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#rootDirs) option) that provides type safety when accessing `params`. See the section on [generated types](/docs/types#generated-types) for more detail.
 
 To get the raw data instead of the page, you can include an `accept: application/json` header in the request, or — for convenience — append `/__data.json` to the URL, e.g. `/items/[id]/__data.json`.
 
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ Endpoints can handle any HTTP method — not just `GET` — by exporting the cor
 
 ```js
 // @noErrors
-export function post(event) {...}
-export function put(event) {...}
-export function patch(event) {...}
-export function del(event) {...} // `delete` is a reserved word
+export function POST(event) {...}
+export function PUT(event) {...}
+export function PATCH(event) {...}
+export function DELETE(event) {...}
 ```
 
-These functions can, like `get`, return a `body` that will be passed to the page as props. Whereas 4xx/5xx responses from `get` will result in an error page rendering, similar responses to non-GET requests do not, allowing you to do things like render form validation errors:
+These functions can, like `GET`, return a `body` that will be passed to the page as props. Whereas 4xx/5xx responses from `GET` will result in an error page rendering, similar responses to non-GET requests do not, allowing you to do things like render form validation errors:
 
 ```js
 /// file: src/routes/items.js
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export type RequestHandler<Body = any> = GenericRequestHandler<{}, Body>;
 import * as db from '$lib/database';
 
 /** @type {import('./__types/items').RequestHandler} */
-export async function get() {
+export async function GET() {
 	const items = await db.list();
 
 	return {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export async function get() {
 }
 
 /** @type {import('./__types/items').RequestHandler} */
-export async function post({ request }) {
+export async function POST({ request }) {
 	const [errors, item] = await db.create(request);
 
 	if (errors) {
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ export async function post({ request }) {
 ```svelte
 /// file: src/routes/items.svelte
 <script>
-	// The page always has access to props from `get`...
+	// The page always has access to props from `GET`...
 	export let items;
 
-	// ...plus props from `post` when the page is rendered
+	// ...plus props from `POST` when the page is rendered
 	// in response to a POST request, for example after
 	// submitting the form below
 	export let errors;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export {};
 // @filename: index.js
 // ---cut---
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
-export async function post({ request }) {
+export async function POST({ request }) {
 	const data = await request.formData(); // or .json(), or .text(), etc
 
 	await create(data);
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ const cookie2: string;
 // @filename: index.js
 // ---cut---
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
-export function get() {
+export function GET() {
 	return {
 		headers: {
 			'set-cookie': [cookie1, cookie2]

diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/todos/index.ts b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/todos/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { api } from './_api';
 import type { RequestHandler } from './__types';
 
 /** @type {import('./__types').RequestHandler} */
-export const get: RequestHandler = async ({ locals }) => {
+export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ locals }) => {
 	// locals.userid comes from src/hooks.js
 	const response = await api('GET', `todos/${locals.userid}`);
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const get: RequestHandler = async ({ locals }) => {
 };
 
 /** @type {import('./__types').RequestHandler} */
-export const post: RequestHandler = async ({ request, locals }) => {
+export const POST: RequestHandler = async ({ request, locals }) => {
 	const form = await request.formData();
 
 	await api('POST', `todos/${locals.userid}`, {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const redirect = {
 };
 
 /** @type {import('./__types').RequestHandler} */
-export const patch: RequestHandler = async ({ request, locals }) => {
+export const PATCH: RequestHandler = async ({ request, locals }) => {
 	const form = await request.formData();
 
 	await api('PATCH', `todos/${locals.userid}/${form.get('uid')}`, {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const patch: RequestHandler = async ({ request, locals }) => {
 };
 
 /** @type {import('./__types').RequestHandler} */
-export const del: RequestHandler = async ({ request, locals }) => {
+export const DELETE: RequestHandler = async ({ request, locals }) => {
 	const form = await request.formData();
 
 	await api('DELETE', `todos/${locals.userid}/${form.get('uid')}`);

diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/builder.js b/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/builder.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function create_builder({ config, build_data, prerendered, log }) {
 					content: segment
 				})),
 				pattern: route.pattern,
-				methods: route.type === 'page' ? ['get'] : build_data.server.methods[route.file]
+				methods: route.type === 'page' ? ['GET'] : build_data.server.methods[route.file]
 			}));
 
 			const seen = new Set();

diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/endpoint.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/endpoint.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { to_headers } from '../../utils/http.js';
 import { hash } from '../hash.js';
-import { is_pojo, normalize_request_method, serialize_error } from './utils.js';
+import { check_method_names, is_pojo, serialize_error } from './utils.js';
 
 /** @param {string} body */
 function error(body) {
@@ -43,32 +43,33 @@ export function is_text(content_type) {
  * @returns {Promise<Response>}
  */
 export async function render_endpoint(event, mod, options) {
-	const method = normalize_request_method(event);
+	const { method } = event.request;
+
+	check_method_names(mod);
 
 	/** @type {import('types').RequestHandler} */
 	let handler = mod[method];
 
-	if (!handler && method === 'head') {
-		handler = mod.get;
+	if (!handler && method === 'HEAD') {
+		handler = mod.GET;
 	}
 
 	if (!handler) {
 		const allowed = [];
 
-		for (const method in ['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch']) {
-			if (mod[method]) allowed.push(method.toUpperCase());
+		for (const method in ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE']) {
+			if (mod[method]) allowed.push(method);
 		}
 
-		if (mod.del) allowed.push('DELETE');
-		if (mod.get || mod.head) allowed.push('HEAD');
+		if (mod.GET || mod.HEAD) allowed.push('HEAD');
 
 		return event.request.headers.get('x-sveltekit-load')
 			? // TODO would be nice to avoid these requests altogether,
 			  // by noting whether or not page endpoints export `get`
 			  new Response(undefined, {
 					status: 204
 			  })
-			: new Response(`${event.request.method} method not allowed`, {
+			: new Response(`${method} method not allowed`, {
 					status: 405,
 					headers: {
 						// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/405
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ export async function render_endpoint(event, mod, options) {
 	}
 
 	return new Response(
-		method !== 'head' && !bodyless_status_codes.has(status) ? normalized_body : undefined,
+		method !== 'HEAD' && !bodyless_status_codes.has(status) ? normalized_body : undefined,
 		{
 			status,
 			headers

diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/load_node.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/load_node.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as set_cookie_parser from 'set-cookie-parser';
 import { normalize } from '../../load.js';
 import { respond } from '../index.js';
 import { LoadURL, PrerenderingURL, is_root_relative, resolve } from '../../../utils/url.js';
-import { is_pojo, lowercase_keys, normalize_request_method } from '../utils.js';
+import { check_method_names, is_pojo, lowercase_keys } from '../utils.js';
 import { coalesce_to_error } from '../../../utils/error.js';
 import { domain_matches, path_matches } from './cookie.js';
 
@@ -409,13 +409,15 @@ async function load_shadow_data(route, event, options, prerender) {
 	try {
 		const mod = await route.shadow();
 
-
+
+	// TODO: Remove for 1.0
+	['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'del'].forEach((m) => {
+		if (mod[m] !== undefined) {
+			const replacement = m === 'del' ? 'DELETE' : m.toUpperCase();
+			throw Error(`Endpoint method "${m}" has changed to "${replacement}"`);
+		}
+	});
+
-
+
+	// TODO: Remove for 1.0
+	['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'del'].forEach((m) => {
+		if (mod[m] !== undefined) {
+			const replacement = m === 'del' ? 'DELETE' : m.toUpperCase();
+			throw Error(`Endpoint method "${m}" has changed to "${replacement}"`);
+		}
+	});
+
-		if (prerender && (mod.post || mod.put || mod.del || mod.patch)) {
+		check_method_names(mod);
+
+		if (prerender && (mod.POST || mod.PUT || mod.DELETE || mod.PATCH)) {
 			throw new Error('Cannot prerender pages that have endpoints with mutative methods');
 		}
 
-		const method = normalize_request_method(event);
-		const is_get = method === 'head' || method === 'get';
-		const handler = method === 'head' ? mod.head || mod.get : mod[method];
+		const { method } = event.request;
+		const is_get = method === 'HEAD' || method === 'GET';
+		const handler = method === 'HEAD' ? mod.HEAD || mod.GET : mod[method];
 
 		if (!handler && !is_get) {
 			return {
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ async function load_shadow_data(route, event, options, prerender) {
 			data.body = body;
 		}
 
-		const get = (method === 'head' && mod.head) || mod.get;
+		const get = (method === 'HEAD' && mod.HEAD) || mod.GET;
 		if (get) {
 			const { status, headers, body } = validate_shadow_output(await get(event));
 			add_cookies(/** @type {string[]} */ (data.cookies), headers);

diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/utils.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/utils.js
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ export function is_pojo(body) {
 	return true;
 }
 
-/** @param {import('types').RequestEvent} event */
-export function normalize_request_method(event) {
-	const method = event.request.method.toLowerCase();
-	return method === 'delete' ? 'del' : method; // 'delete' is a reserved word
-}
-
 /**
  * Serialize an error into a JSON string, by copying its `name`, `message`
  * and (in dev) `stack`, plus any custom properties, plus recursively
@@ -97,6 +91,17 @@ function clone_error(error, get_stack) {
 	return object;
 }
 
+// TODO: Remove for 1.0
+/** @param {Record<string, any>} mod */
+export function check_method_names(mod) {
+	['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'del'].forEach((m) => {
+		if (m in mod) {
+			const replacement = m === 'del' ? 'DELETE' : m.toUpperCase();
+			throw Error(`Endpoint method "${m}" has changed to "${replacement}"`);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
 /** @type {import('types').SSRErrorPage} */
 export const GENERIC_ERROR = {
 	id: '__error'

diff --git a/packages/kit/src/vite/build/build_server.js b/packages/kit/src/vite/build/build_server.js
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import { mkdirp, posixify } from '../../utils/filesystem.js';
 import { get_vite_config, merge_vite_configs, resolve_entry } from '../utils.js';
 import { load_template } from '../../core/config/index.js';
 import { get_runtime_directory } from '../../core/utils.js';
-import { create_build, find_deps, get_default_config, remove_svelte_kit } from './utils.js';
+import {
+	create_build,
+	find_deps,
+	get_default_config,
+	remove_svelte_kit,
+	is_http_method
+} from './utils.js';
 import { s } from '../../utils/misc.js';
 
 /**
@@ -255,16 +261,6 @@ export async function build_server(options, client) {
 	};
 }
 
-/** @type {Record<string, string>} */
-const method_names = {
-	get: 'get',
-	head: 'head',
-	post: 'post',
-	put: 'put',
-	del: 'delete',
-	patch: 'patch'
-};
-
 /**
  * @param {string} cwd
  * @param {import('rollup').OutputChunk[]} output
@@ -285,9 +281,7 @@ function get_methods(cwd, output, manifest_data) {
 		const file = route.type === 'endpoint' ? route.file : route.shadow;
 
 		if (file && lookup[file]) {
-			methods[file] = lookup[file]
-				.map((x) => /** @type {import('types').HttpMethod} */ (method_names[x]))
-				.filter(Boolean);
+			methods[file] = lookup[file].filter(is_http_method);
 		}
 	});
 

diff --git a/packages/kit/src/vite/build/utils.js b/packages/kit/src/vite/build/utils.js
@@ -150,3 +150,14 @@ export function remove_svelte_kit(config) {
 		.flat(Infinity)
 		.filter((plugin) => plugin.name !== 'vite-plugin-svelte-kit');
 }
+
+const method_names = new Set(['GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE', 'PATCH']);
+
+// If we'd written this in TypeScript, it could be easy...
+/**
+ * @param {string} str
+ * @returns {str is import('types').HttpMethod}
+ */
+export function is_http_method(str) {
+	return method_names.has(str);
+}
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/amp/src/routes/origin/index.json.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/amp/src/routes/origin/index.json.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
-export function get({ url }) {
+export function GET({ url }) {
 	return {
 		body: { origin: url.origin }
 	};

diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/amp/src/routes/valid/index.json.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/amp/src/routes/valid/index.json.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export function get() {
+export function GET() {
 	return {
 		body: {
 			answer: 42

diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/answer.json.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/answer.json.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export function get() {
+export function GET() {
 	return {
 		body: {
 			answer: 42

diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/caching/private/uses-fetch.json.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/caching/private/uses-fetch.json.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export function get() {
+export function GET() {
 	return {
 		body: {
 			answer: 42

diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/delete-route/[id].json.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/delete-route/[id].json.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
-export function del(req) {
+export function DELETE(req) {
 	return {
 		status: 200,
 		body: {

diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/encoded/endpoint.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/encoded/endpoint.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export async function get() {
+export async function GET() {
 	return {
 		body: {
 			fruit: '🍎🍇🍌'

diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/endpoint-output/body.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/endpoint-output/body.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
-export function get() {
+export function GET() {
 	return { body: {} };
 }
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/endpoint-output/empty.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/endpoint-output/empty.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
-export function get() {
+export function GET() {
 	return {};
 }
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/endpoint-output/fetched.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/endpoint-output/fetched.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export function get() {
+export function GET() {
 	return {
 		headers: {
 			'x-foo': 'bar'