Merge pull request #56 from topcoder-platform/dev

Release to allow Method Override Header

Author: vikasrohit

package.json

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "http-aws-es": "^1.1.3",
     "joi": "^8.0.5",
     "lodash": "^4.16.4",
+    "method-override": "^2.3.9",
     "pg": "^4.5.5",
     "pg-native": "^1.10.0",
     "sequelize": "^3.23.0",

src/app.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import express from 'express';
+import methodOverride from 'method-override';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import config from 'config';
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ import analytics from './events/analytics';
 
 const app = express();
 
+// allows overriding HTTP Method
+// both arguments to the methodOverride are optional because they are the default
+// values, but we are specifying them to avoid any future change in defaults
+app.use(methodOverride('X-HTTP-Method-Override', { methods: ['POST'] }));
+
 // =======================
 // configuration =========
 // =======================