how to post web api frombody parameter together with simple

Question

I am trying to pass the id and employeemodel object in below format but it throws an error like method not allowed

 

string.Format("id=1007&EmployeeID={0}&EmployeeName={1}&EmployeeDept={2}&EmployeeEmail={3}&EmployeePhone={4}", 1007, "guna", "HR", "[email protected]", "9566764152")

WEB API METHOD:

public void Put(int id, [FromBody]EmployeeModel value)

{

employeeRepository.UpdateEmployee(id, value);

}

class: 

public class EmployeeModel

{

[Key]

public int EmployeeID { get; set; }

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Enter Name")]

public string EmployeeName { get; set; }

public string EmployeeDept { get; set; }

public string EmployeeEmail { get; set; }

public string EmployeePhone { get; set; }

}

 

Client request: 

 

WebResponse response;

HttpWebRequest request;

string postString = string.Format("id=1007&EmployeeID={0}&EmployeeName={1}&EmployeeDept={2}&EmployeeEmail={3}&EmployeePhone={4}", 1007, "guna", "HR", "[email protected]", "9566764152");

request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://localhost:6267/api/employeevalue");

request.Accept = "application/json";

request.Method = "PUT";

request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

StreamWriter requestWriter = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream());

requestWriter.Write(postString);

requestWriter.Close();

response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse(); // geting method not allowed error.