Question

I know you can restrict which HTTP methods a particular ActionResult method responds to by adding an AcceptVerbsAttribute, e.g.

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)]
public ActionResult Index() {
    ...
}

But I was wondering: which HTTP methods an ActionResult method will accept without an explicit [AcceptVerbs(…)] attribute?

I would presume it was GET, HEAD and POST but was just wanting to double-check.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Without AcceptVerbsAttribute your Action will accept requests with any HTTP methods. BTW you can restrict HTTP methods in your RouteTable:

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",                                              // Route name
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",                           // URL with parameters
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }, // Parameter defaults
    new { HttpMethod = new HttpMethodConstraint(
        new[] { "GET", "POST" }) }                          // Only GET or POST
);