Is an entity body allowed for an HTTP DELETE request?

Question

When issuing an HTTP DELETE request, the request URI should completely identify the resource to delete. However, is it allowable to add extra meta-data as part of the entity

Answer 1

In case anyone is running into this issue testing, No it is not universally supported.

I am currently testing with Sahi Pro and it is very apparent a http DELETE call strips any provided body data (a large list of id's to delete in bulk as per endpoint design).

I have been in contact with them several times as well as sent in three separate packages of scrips, images, logs for them to review and they still have not confirmed this. A failed patch, and a missed conference calls by their support later and I still haven't gotten a solid answer.

I am certain Sahi does not support this, and I would imagine many other tools follow suite.