Web api not supporting POST method

Question

In my web api controller i have a function with following codes

       [HttpPost]         public HttpResponseMessage Post(string schooltypeName)         {             _schoolTypeService.RegisterSchoolType(schooltypeName);              var message = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created);              return message;         } 

When i am calling with fiddler i am getting this error

{"Message":"The requested resource does not support http method 'POST'."} 

my fiddling parameters are

Header

User-Agent: Fiddler  Host: myhost:8823  Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8  Content-Length: 26 

Request body

{"schooltypeName":"Aided"} 

Requesting url are

http://myhost:8823/SchoolType 

( i configured url ,GET is working with this url)

Whats wrong here ?

Answer 1

Change your action to be like Post([FromBody]string schooltypeName) as by default string type is expected to come Uri.

Updated:
Change your body to just "Aided" as currently you would need a class to make the deserialiation work otherwise (ex:class School { public string SchoolTypeName { get; set; } }

Answer 2

See the using namespace at the top of the controller, if you're using System.Web.Mvc, then this problem might be occurred:

Use this:

using System.Web.Http;