HTTP DELETE method on IIS using HttpURLConnection

[pd mehta]

Hi,

I want to send HTTP DELETE request using HttpURLConnection to remove a file from the IIS web application.

I do have write access to IIS web application.

But I am getting http error code : 501 ( NOT IMPLEMENTED ).

Is there a way to enable HTTP DELETE on IIS ?

Regards,
Dipak Mehta

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Hi,

Welcome to JavaRanch!


I don't know anything specifically about IIS, but in general, it's the application itself that would have to support DELETE. Most web servers will implement all of HTTP. Does the application support it? Very few applications implement this -- for obvious reasons!

[pd mehta]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

My application deployed on IIS is just a dumb html application. I can not put any intelligence there. It allows me to upload files because I have write access to it.

I am wondering why its not allowing to delete files ?

Regards,
Dipak