WebAPI - [DELETE] 405 Method Not Allowed

Question

Hello all,

 

Firstly, the topic is related to WebAPI but i didn`t see any category with WebAPI. So posted under Web services.

I`m working on a WebAPI application (ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework) & trying to DELETE an entry from Database. Below is the code related to DELETE verb.

public HttpResponseMessage Delete (int empId)
{
    try
    {
        using (WebApiTrialEntities entity = new WebApiTrialEntities())
        {
            var isAvailable = entity.Employees.FirstOrDefault(e => e.ID == empId);
            if (isAvailable !=null)
            {
                entity.Employees.Remove(isAvailable);
                entity.SaveChangesAsync();
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Gone, "EmpId " + empId + " is Deleted");
            }
            else
            {
                return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "EmpId " + empId + " is NotFound");
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ex);
    }
}

Using Fiddler - we see Header value as '405 Method Not Allowed' with message as "The requested resource does not support http method 'DELETE'.

 

Please help me out & suggest me to correct my mistakes.

 

Thanks in advance.