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DELETE http request in HttpURLConnection....

 
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Hi,

I have a client program in which i make a HTTPURLConnection to a RESTful web service. I am passing all XML data in the http request object. Everything seems to work fine for the HTTP POST/PUT method but not for the DELETE method.

-----------------ADD record via POST Request method ------------------

URL url = new URL(urlString);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
//set request method
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/xml");
connection.setDoOutput(true);

//pass the xml data
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
writer.write(xmlData);
writer.flush();

When i execute the following code to delete a record, I am running into this exception...

Exception in thread "main" java.net.ProtocolException: HTTP method DELETE doesn't support output at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:851)

---------------Delete record via DELETE Request method ------------------

URL url = new URL(urlString);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
//set request method
connection.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/xml");
connection.setDoOutput(true);

//pass the xml data
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(connection.getOutputStream);
writer.write(xmlData);
writer.flush();

I understand the exception it's throwing but how can i still pass the XML data in the request object for which i want to set the request method to be DELETE.

Any inputs or suggestions on this? Appreciate your response. Thanks!


 
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What would that XML data be for? The resource is indicated by the URL, and the operation is to delete it. There's no need for further data.
 
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The xml data has details like which record (record's id, name, etc) to delete etc.,

This is what i am doing ....

In RESTful web service when i get the xml data in the http request object, i insert the data into a load table first & then call the stored proc to insert the data into the main table which updates the status flag in the load table as successful insert/update/delete/error etc., Then, i fetch the status flag info and send the response back to the client as record was inserted/updated/deleted.

Inserts and updates are working fine but not the delete part. Any further suggestions on this?

Thanks and appreciate your response.
 
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That's not how HTTP DELETE -and by extension, a purely RESTful design- works. It sounds as if you'd be better off using a POST.
 
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