request.getParameter doesn't work for PUT or DELETE

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If request is an HTTPServletRequest why can I use request.getParameter to get the body for a POST request, but not for a PUT or DELETE request?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '18 at 10:22

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By default Put method is disabled as mostly we use Get and Post in regular jsps and servelts. But, it can be easily configure to support it. First, in order to allow Tomcat to accept commands other than HTTP GET and PUT we should add to Tomcat’s web.xml the following init param:

You can follow this below post for more explanation and set up.

http://www.codereye.com/2010/12/configure-tomcat-to-accept-http-put.html

answered Apr 25 '18 at 10:22

Prasad

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Is this specific to Tomcat? – winhowes Sep 04 '18 at 21:04
web.xml file is not specific to server ,it is specific to app. – Prasad Sep 05 '18 at 09:27

request.getParameter doesn't work for PUT or DELETE

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