HttpMethodConstraint Class

The HttpMethodConstraint class enables you to limit route matching to certain HTTP verbs. For example, you can specify that a route is considered a match for a URL only when the HTTP verb for the request is POST.

To set constraints for route matching, you set the Constraints property of the Route class to an instance of the RouteValueDictionary class. To set an HTTP verb constraint, you set the value of one dictionary element to an HttpMethodConstraint object and the key to any name.

In the HttpMethodConstraint method, you include all the HTTP verbs that are allowed for the route when ASP.NET routing determines whether the route matches a URL.

The following example shows a Route object whose Constraints property contains an item that has a key named httpMethod and that has a value that is an instance of the HttpMethodConstraint class.

void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{
    RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    string[] allowedMethods = { "GET", "POST" };
    HttpMethodConstraint methodConstraints = new HttpMethodConstraint(allowedMethods);

    Route reportRoute = new Route("{locale}/{year}", new ReportRouteHandler());
    reportRoute.Constraints = new RouteValueDictionary { { "httpMethod", methodConstraints } };

    routes.Add(reportRoute);
}

.NET Framework

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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