Spring - 405 Http method DELETE is not supported by this URL

Question

Well I have a strange problem with executing a "DELETE" HTTP request in Spring.

I have a controller method which I have mapped a DELETE request to:

    @RequestMapping(value = "/{authorizationUrl}",method=DELETE)
    public void deleteAuthorizationServer(
            @RequestHeader(value="Authorization") String authorization,
            @PathVariable("authorizationUrl") String authorizationUrl)
            throws  IOException {

        System.out.println("TEST");

    }

The controller is mapped using @RequestMapping("/authorization_servers"); When I send a request through my DEV Http Client, I am getting the response : 405 Http method DELETE is not supported by this URL.

The request looks like this:

 DELETE    localhost:8080/authorization_servers/asxas

  Headers:
  Authorization: "test:<stuff>"

If someone can look into this and help me, I would be grateful

Solution 1

This will work:

@RequestMapping(value = "/{authorizationUrl}", method = DELETE)
@ResponseBody
public void deleteAuthorizationServer(
    @RequestHeader(value="Authorization") String authorization,
    @PathVariable("authorizationUrl") String authorizationUrl
){
    System.out.printf("Testing: You tried to delete %s using %s\n", authorizationUrl, authorization);
}

You were missing @ResponseBody. Your method was actually getting called; it was what happened after that that was producing the error code.

Solution 2

Your annotation should look like this:

@RequestMapping(value = "/{authorizationUrl}",method=RequestMethod.DELETE)

I don't know where you got that DELETE variable from. :-)

Solution 3

If the @RequestMapping pattern doesn't match or is invalid, it results in a 404 not found. However, if it happens to match another mapping with a different method (ex. GET), it results in this 405 Http method DELETE is not supported.

My issue was just like this one, except my requestMapping was the cause. It was this:

@RequestMapping(value = { "/thing/{id:\\d+" }, method = { RequestMethod.DELETE })

Do you see it? The inner closing brace is missing, it should be: { "/thing/{id:\\d+}" } The \\d+ is a regular expression to match 1 or more numeric digits. The braces delimit the parameter in the path for use with @PathVariable.

Since it's invalid it can't match my DELETE request: http://example.com/thing/33 which would have resulted in a 404 not found error, however, I had another mapping for GET:

@RequestMapping(value = { "/thing/{id:\\d+}" }, method = { RequestMethod.GET })

Since the brace pattern is correct, but it's not a method DELETE, then it gave a error 405 method not supported.

Solution 4

I needed to return ResponseEntity<Void> (with custom response status) instead of setting custom response status on HttpServletResponse (from endpoint method param).

ex: http://shengwangi.blogspot.com/2016/02/response-for-get-post-put-delete-in-rest.html

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Comments

[jgitter]

What mapping do you have on the controller class itself? Do you have an @ApplicationPath set up as well?

[Sasanka Panguluri]

Thanks! I have this @RequestMapping("/authorization_servers")

[geoand]

Moved this to a comment as suggested. The method is called by Ajax, correct?

[NimChimpsky]

Show more from the log, error message

[Sasanka Panguluri]

@geoand Nope, it's not an AJAX. It's an ordinary request

[geoand]

@SasankaPanguluri And what do the caller expect to see in return?

[jgitter]

@geoand I think you're getting off topic a little bit. If it's not mapping to the correct url, the problem lies with the mapping, not the return type.

[geoand]

@jgitter If you say so :)

[jgitter]

What version of spring is this?

[Karibasappa G C]

Hi, can you check what method you are passing while making request that is method =? , if not specified specify like method="DELETE" after form action..

[geoand]

What happens if you add required=false to @RequestHeader?

[Sasanka Panguluri]

@KaribasappaGC It's DELETE. I just checked it.

[jgitter]

Have you tried removing the @RequestHeader parameter? Just curious as it may help to diagnose the issue.... Also, are you getting any errors in the log on startup?

[Sasanka Panguluri]

@geoand, jgitter I will try it and get back in a couple of moments. Thanks!

[geoand]

Also, could you post your Spring MVC configuration?

[Sasanka Panguluri]

@geoand I am not using an xml for the configuration, I have configured it through my code itself.

[Sasanka Panguluri]

@jgitter I have removed RequestHeader and it still throws the same error on me :(

[geoand]

@SasankaPanguluri Ok, could you post your Java Config?

[jgitter]

Are there any other mappings in that controller that work? Are you sure there isn't a context root?

[Sasanka Panguluri]

@jgitter Yes, I have another method that is mapped like this: ` @RequestMapping(method = PUT)` public void ...<stuff>` And it works!

[jgitter]

And what url do you use to access that? I'm sorry to be asking obvious questions, but when we figure this out, I sense it will be a /facepalm moment.

[Sasanka Panguluri]

@jgitter No problem, that is exactly how I trackback too. This is how I am calling the other method that works: localhost:8080/authorization_servers/

[Sasanka Panguluri]

Update: I got rid of the value="/{authorizationUrl}" attribute to test if it even works straight with the /authorization_servers mapping. No wonder, it still doesn't.

[geoand]

OP probably has used static imports for DELETE. But if not, good catch!

[Sasanka Panguluri]

Thank you for your time, however I did static import DELETE from spring: import static org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.DELETE‌​;

[jgitter]

Blast! Back to the drawing board.

[jgitter]

groan Can't believe I missed that

[Sotirios Delimanolis]

This really shouldn't give a 405. If it does, it is a bug with Spring.

[mfaisalhyder]

it is not working for me :/ stackoverflow.com/questions/11471604/…

[hamza saber]

This was helpful, Thanks. Whoever read this, check your brackets !!