Getting grunt's connect server to accept POST requests on static files

Question

I'm trying to use the connect middleware framework grunt comes preconfigured with to develop the front-end of my application, with static JSON files standing in for actual web services which I'll develop later.

However, sending a POST request to my static file results in a 404 error, even though a GET request with the same URL and parameters works just fine.

Can I configure grunt/connect to simply serve up my static file when a POST request is made to that URL?

Answer 1

I did a trick in my source code to call GET method if the app uses Grunt Server:

var useGruntServer = window.location.href.indexOf("localhost:9000") >= 0;

self.jsonGet = function (url, dataIn, callback, errorCallBack) {
    $.ajax({
        data: dataIn,
        type: "GET",
        url: url,
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        dataType: "json",
        success: function (result) {
            if (callback) callback(result);
        },
        error: function () {
            if (errorCallBack) errorCallBack();
        }
    });
};

self.jsonPost = function (url, dataIn, callback, errorCallBack) {

    //Grunt Server Accepts only GET requests
    if (useGruntServer) {
        self.jsonGet(url, null, callback, errorCallBack);
        return;
    }

    $.ajax({
        data: self.objectToJsonString(dataIn),
        type: "POST",
        url: url,
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        dataType: "json",
        success: function (result) {
            if (callback) callback(result);
        },
        error: function () {
            if (errorCallBack) errorCallBack();
        }
    });
};