From ab04c9ab5faf55043ecea37e84a71c83448a2c13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akira Ajisaka <aajisaka@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:13:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] HDFS-8615. Correct HTTP method in WebHDFS document.
 Contributed by Brahma Reddy Battula.

(cherry picked from commit 1a169a26bcc4e4bab7697965906cb9ca7ef8329e)
(cherry picked from commit 9f9315008e75765de4b905f7d57de9505fb5ca10)
---
 hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt          |  3 +++
 .../hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md         | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index d52253d4123..bcb8a6e2d22 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1156,6 +1156,9 @@ Release 2.6.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HDFS-8615. Correct HTTP method in WebHDFS document.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.6.2 - 2015-10-28
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md
index 6432c57ae10..d2ce6d444f1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/WebHDFS.md
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ See also: [FileSystem](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html).setAcl
 
 * Submit a HTTP GET request.
 
-        curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETACLSTATUS"
+        curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETACLSTATUS"
 
     The client receives a response with a [`AclStatus` JSON object](#ACL_Status_JSON_Schema):
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ See also: [FileSystem](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html).getAclSta
 
 * Submit a HTTP GET request.
 
-        curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=CHECKACCESS
+        curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=CHECKACCESS
                                       &fsaction=<FSACTION>
 
     The client receives a response with zero content length:
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ See also: [FileSystem](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html).removeXAt
 
 * Submit a HTTP GET request.
 
-        curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTRS
+        curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTRS
                                       &xattr.name=<XATTRNAME>&encoding=<ENCODING>"
 
     The client receives a response with a [`XAttrs` JSON object](#XAttrs_JSON_Schema):
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ See also: [FileSystem](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html).getXAttr
 
 * Submit a HTTP GET request.
 
-        curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTRS
+        curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTRS
                                       &xattr.name=<XATTRNAME1>&xattr.name=<XATTRNAME2>
                                       &encoding=<ENCODING>"
 
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ See also: [FileSystem](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html).getXAttrs
 
 * Submit a HTTP GET request.
 
-        curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTRS
+        curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTRS
                                       &encoding=<ENCODING>"
 
     The client receives a response with a [`XAttrs` JSON object](#XAttrs_JSON_Schema):
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ See also: [FileSystem](../../api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html).getXAttrs
 
 * Submit a HTTP GET request.
 
-        curl -i -X PUT "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=LISTXATTRS"
+        curl -i "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=LISTXATTRS"
 
     The client receives a response with a [`XAttrNames` JSON object](#XAttrNames_JSON_Schema):