How can I overload ASP.NET MVC Actions based on the accepted HTTP verbs?

Question

Wanted to use the same URL for a GET/PUT/DELETE/POST for a REST based API, but when the only thing different about the Actions is which HTTP verbs it accepts, it considers t

Answer 1

That's not ASP.NET MVC limitation or whatever. It's .NET and how classes work: no matter how hard you try, you cannot have two methods with the same name on the same class which take the same parameters. You could cheat using the [ActionName] attribute:

[HttpGet]
[ActionName("Foo")]
public ActionResult GetMe()
{
   ...
}

[HttpPut]
[ActionName("Foo")]
public ActionResult PutMe()
{
   ...
}

[HttpDelete]
[ActionName("Foo")]
public ActionResult DeleteMe()
{
   ...
}

[HttpPost]
[ActionName("Foo")]
public ActionResult PostMe()
{
   ...
}

Of course in a real RESTFul application the different verbs would take different parameters as well, so you will seldom have such situations.

You may take a look at SimplyRestful for some ideas about how your routes could be organized.