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ylinkz
ylinkz

Reputation: 301

Web api: The requested resource does not support http method 'GET'

I created an API controller on my MVC4 project

Here is the method I created to test the functionality of the API

private string Login(int id)
{
    Employee emp = db.Employees.Find(id);
    return emp.Firstname;
}

When I try to access this api with localhost:xxxx/api/controllerName/Login?id=2, I get

{"$id":"1","Message":"The requested resource does not support http method 'GET'."}

What am I doing wrong?

Also, here is my api config file

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );

        var json = config.Formatters.JsonFormatter;
        json.SerializerSettings.PreserveReferencesHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
        config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatters.XmlFormatter);
    }

Upvotes: 12

Views: 77520

Answers (3)

Jay bennie
Jay bennie

Reputation: 31

In addition to the currently accepted answer of adding the [HttpGet] attribute to make the method public, you need to make sure you are using the right namespace:

  • MVC controllers use System.Web.Mvc
  • WebAPI controllers use System.Web.Http

Upvotes: 3

tonymayoral
tonymayoral

Reputation: 5217

You can also accept http methods in web.config inside system.webserver tag:

<httpProtocol>
   <customHeaders>
      <clear />
      <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
      <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Headers" value="Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept" />
      <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Methods" value="GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS" />
   </customHeaders>
</httpProtocol>

Upvotes: 3

gdoron
gdoron

Reputation: 150243

Change the method modifier from private to public, also add the relevant accept verbs to the action

private string Login(int id)

Change to:

[HttpGet] // Or [AcceptVerbs("GET", "POST")]
public string Login(int id)

Upvotes: 23

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