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Arpit Gupta commented on HDFS-2428: ----------------------------------- Rename request leads to a 500 when the dstPath is null. We should return a 400 {code} Request URI http://NN:50070/webhdfs/tmp/webhdfs_data/dir_with_children_to_be_renamed?op=RENAME&dstPath= Request Method: PUT Status Line: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error Response Content: {"RemoteException":{"className":"java.lang.IllegalArgumentException","message":"Can not create a Path from a null string"}} {code} The content is correct but we should return a 400 instead of a 500 > webhdfs api parameter validation should be better > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-2428 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-2428 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.20.205.0 > Reporter: Arpit Gupta > > PUT Request: http://localhost:50070/webhdfs/some_path?op=MKDIRS&permission=955 > Exception returned > HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error > {"RemoteException":{"className":"com.sun.jersey.api.ParamException$QueryParamException","message":"java.lang.NumberFormatException: > For input string: \"955\""}} > We should return a 400 with appropriate error message -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira