Method delete

lib/ldp.mjs:496–526

(url)

  }

  async delete (url) {
    // First check if the path points to a valid file
    let path, stats
    try {
      ({ path } = await this.resourceMapper.mapUrlToFile({ url }))
      stats = await this.stat(path)
    } catch (err) {
      throw error(404, "Can't find " + err)
    }

    // delete aclCache
    let aclUrl = typeof url !== 'string' ? this.resourceMapper.getRequestUrl(url) : url
    aclUrl = aclUrl.endsWith(this.suffixAcl) ? aclUrl : aclUrl + this.suffixAcl
    debug.handlers('DELETE ACL CACHE ' + aclUrl)
    clearAclCache(aclUrl)

    // If so, delete the directory or file
    if (stats.isDirectory()) {
      // DELETE method not allowed on podRoot
      if ((url.url || url) === '/') {
        throw error(405, 'DELETE of PodRoot is not allowed')
      }
      return this.deleteContainer(path)
    } else {
      // DELETE method not allowed on podRoot/.acl
      if (['/' + this.suffixAcl, '/profile/card'].some(item => (url.url || url) === item)) {
        throw error(405, `DELETE of ${url.url || url} is not allowed`)
      }
      return this.deleteDocument(path)
    }
  }

  async deleteContainer (directory) {
    if (directory[directory.length - 1] !== '/') directory += '/'