The requested resource does not support http method 'DELETE'

Question

I have a web service created by Asp API, and i am trying to consume it by javascript ajax caller .. it works fine with GET & POST .. but when i tried to call DELETE function it returns message [The requested resource does not support http method 'DELETE'.] and this is my code

Server code (API C#)

[HttpDelete]
        public bool Delete(int id)
        {
            try
            {
                var model = db.PostsLikes.First(f => f.PostLikeID == id);
                db.PostsLikes.Remove(model);
                db.SaveChanges();
                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {

                return false;
            }
        }

Client code (Javascript)

function (postLikeid) {
        var result = $.ajax({
            url: "/api/PostsLikes/",
            type: "DELETE",
            async: false,
            data: postLikeid ,
            contentType:"application/json"
        }).responseText;
        return result;
    }

Possible duplicate of [PUT and Delete not working with ASP.NET WebAPI and Database on Windows Azure](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25835022/put-and-delete-not-working-with-asp-net-webapi-and-database-on-windows-azure) — Heretic Monkey, Jan 27 '17 at 16:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 16:50

2

Problem is your IIS configuration is not accepting DELETE verbs. In the Handler Mappings section of IIS you can add the Delete verb.

answered Jan 27 '17 at 16:50

NibblyPig

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how can i do it – Amir Imam Jan 27 '17 at 16:56
@AmirImam if you check the link in the comments to the duplicate question you will see how to do it. – Nkosi Jan 27 '17 at 17:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 16:49

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Add it in delete method.

[HttpDelete]
[Route("api/PostsLikes/{id}")]

answered Jan 27 '17 at 16:49

Balaji Marimuthu

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '17 at 06:26

function DeleteFruitRecord(FruitID) {
var del = confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this recored?");
if (del) {
    $.ajax({
        type: "DELETE",
        url: "api/FruitRec/DeleteFruit" + FruitID,
        contentType: "json",
        dataType: "json",
        success: function (data) {
            alert("Successsfully deleted…. " + FruitID);
            GelAllEmployees();
        },
        error: function (error) {
            alert(error.responseText);
        }
    });
}

Please add some explanation why this code fixes OP's problem. — QBrute, Jul 14 '17 at 06:46

The requested resource does not support http method 'DELETE'

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