What is the correct URI for sending parameters via POST in WCF REST Services?

Question

Let\'s say that I have specified the following WCF REST Service at the address \"http://localhost/MyRESTService/MyRESTService.svc\"

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Answer 1

I had the same problem, and using Fiddler, I received a 403 (Bad Request) error every time I tried to post using the Body. The Fix, which took me a couple of hours to find is to change the Content Type to application/xml and send the body as an Xml.

This is the line I used in the Header in Fiddler:

Content-Type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8 

Now I haven't used Microsoft.Http library, in my client I used WebRequest to do the post, and by setting the Content-Type to:

request.ContentType = "application/xml;charset=UTF-8";

Worked fine for me.

Now if you want to use the URI to send parameters I recommend using WebGet instead of WebInvoke with POST.