What should an XML post request look like for WCF RESTful service with a single parameter?

Question

I am having trouble working out what my XML should look like when performing a post request through WCF REST services. When using a datacontract i have no problem at all but when i just want to send across one parameter for example an int, i get the following error - "The remote server returned an error: (405) Method Not Allowed. "

[OperationContract]  
[WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "/DeleteUser", Method= "Post")]  
bool DeleteUser(int userId);

What should my XML look like?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

like this

[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "/DeleteUser/{userId}", Method= "Post")]
bool DeleteUser(string userId)
{
   int actualUserId = Int32.Parse(userId);
   ...
}

ps: Why are you using POST with a single parameter?

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I can see not using GET if you want to Delete, but then why not use HTTP DELETE ? In this case the URI Template would be /user/{userId} and the Method = "Delete".

There's no payload, no XML to pass.

Rob Bagby explains

the code would look like

[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "/User/{userId}", Method= "Delete")]
bool DeleteUser(string userId)
{
   int actualUserId = Int32.Parse(userId);
   ...
}

Answer 2

Im using a post as its a delete function so i dont want to use a parameter in the uri. Get calls should be for getting data.

Thats not the problem. The userId is an int and is expecting and int. My question is if doing a post using one parameter what should the xml look like?