# 501 and 405 slightly inaccurate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/501-and-405-slightly-inaccurate/181437 "2010-01-12T01:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AJ\_ONeal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@AJ\_ONeal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AJ_ONeal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/501-and-405-slightly-inaccurate/181437/1 "2010-01-12T01:09:15Z")
Since Rails routes know which methods are implemented per controller, why does “Allows” always contain these items? Allows =\> “POST, GET, PUT, DELETE” Shouldn’t the list be built by polling a method? Something like: my\_controller.responds\_to? :put I would think that 501 (server related) would be better for a method which will be implemented in the future and that 405 (access related) should signify that the option was considered and decided against. AJ ONeal ---
**Author:** ![AJ\_ONeal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@AJ\_ONeal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AJ_ONeal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/501-and-405-slightly-inaccurate/181437/2 "2010-01-12T13:05:41Z")
On Jan 12, 12:07Â am, AJ ONeal [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Since Rails routes know which methods are implemented per controller, why > does “Allows” always contain these items? > Allows =\> “POST, GET, PUT, DELETE” > > Shouldn’t the list be built by polling a method? Something like: > my\_controller.responds\_to? :put If you are using restful routes then rails could probably work out from the routing info what methods are supporter for a given URI, although it doesn’t know in the more general case. Fred