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rajeemcariazo
rajeemcariazo

Reputation: 2524

Overridden Web API Method Returns "Method Not Allowed"

I have a generic Web API controller that does CRUD which is like this:

public class BaseController : ApiController {
        [HttpPost]
        public virtual IHttpActionResult Post(T entity)
        {
            return Ok();
        }

        [HttpPut]
        public virtual IHttpActionResult Put(T entity)
        {
            return Ok();
        }
}

ObjectController is derived from BaseController but it overrides the Put Method

public class ObjectController : BaseController {
    [HttpPut]
    [Route("api/Object")]
    public override IHttpActionResult Put(T entity)
    {
        return Ok();
    }
}

I have no problem calling all methods in a controller when none is overridden. For example,

public class Object2Controller : BaseController { }

Invoking the POST method returns 405 method not allowed. What is wrong with my code?

EDIT This is not a duplicate question because I can call PUT in other controllers.

EDIT 2 Changed new to override(virtual) but still getting the same error

EDIT 3 Provided a working controller

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1422

Answers (1)

federico scamuzzi
federico scamuzzi

Reputation: 3778

Why not use VIRTUAL keyword in your base class? .. VIRTUAL is made specifically to let developer ovverride methods in derived classes

something like:

public class BaseController : ApiController {
        [HttpPost]
        public virtual  IHttpActionResult Post(T entity)
        {
            return Ok();
        }

        [HttpPut]
        public virtual IHttpActionResult Put(T entity)
        {
            return Ok();
        }
}

and then:

public  class ObjectController : BaseController {
    [HttpPut]
    [Route("api/Object")]
    public override IHttpActionResult Put(T entity)
    {
        return Ok();
    }
}

Hope it helps you!

Upvotes: 1

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