How make endpoints with different http methods in asp.net (.net framework)

Question

I'm trying to make a delete user route, but i can't get it to work.
Everything I find online is for .NET CORE.
I use ASP.NET MVC. So I ran routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes() in RouteConfig.cs.
I than create a controller extending System.Web.Mvc.Controller. (Everything comes from the System.Web.Mvc namespace).

And I have the following method:

[HttpDelete, Route("user/{id:long}")]
public async Task<ActionResult> Destroy(long id)
{
    IAccountService accountService = new AccountService();

    bool success = await accountService.Delete(id);

    return Json(new AuthenticateDto());
}

Rearranging the attributes doesn't work (I'm new to attributes so idk if it even helps)
When I try to visit the url i receive a 404.

Anyone has a clue, why it does not work?

How do you test it? Webbrowsers only support [*get* and *post*](https://stackoverflow.com/a/10888727/2441442). What happens, when you replace `[HttpDelete, Route("user/{id:long}")]` whith `[HttPost, Route("user/{id:long}")]` and call `/user/42`? — Christian Gollhardt, May 29 '20 at 00:06
I used postman to test it and used the folowing url: https://localhost:44378/user/5 — NS - Not the train, May 29 '20 at 00:10
yes, and If I change it with HttpPost it works just fine if I select Post — NS - Not the train, May 29 '20 at 00:27
Do you have by chance a [route http contriant](https://stackoverflow.com/a/19735430/2441442)? — Christian Gollhardt, May 29 '20 at 00:30
Also have look here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16241628/2441442 — Christian Gollhardt, May 29 '20 at 00:37
I do not know of contraints but i'm using attribute routes, not conventional routes ;-;. — NS - Not the train, May 29 '20 at 00:43
I took a look at stackoverflow.com/a/16241628/2441442 and it did not fix it unfortunatly — NS - Not the train, May 29 '20 at 00:44
I just checked with an ASp.Net MVC project - and the HttpDelete simply works out of the box - I am using Autofac as the container and registering controllers with it - but don't see why the default container shouldn't work. Are your other HTTP methods working with exactly the same route definitions ? I see that your route is starting with "User..." - typical route definitions follow the convention: {controller}/{action}/{id} -- double check your route.. — Phantom2018, May 29 '20 at 01:18
Speaking of routes, you registered [`routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();`](https://stackoverflow.com/a/38103475/2441442), didn't you? — Christian Gollhardt, May 29 '20 at 01:24
you could try adding swagger and check if it works from the swagger UI ( Swashbuckle.Core )... — Phantom2018, May 29 '20 at 01:25
Yes I registered the ‘routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes()’, And the routes are correct get and post works just fine, but delete doesnt — NS - Not the train, May 29 '20 at 01:32
Try adding "[FromUri]" explicitly .. like so: public async Task Destroy([FromUri] long id) — Phantom2018, May 29 '20 at 01:40
It works by adding [System.Web.Http.FromUri] explicitly, Thank you. — NS - Not the train, May 29 '20 at 06:33

How make endpoints with different http methods in asp.net (.net framework)

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