Is there a default verb applied to a Web API ApiController method?

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Typically method name matching is thought of this way. Looking at the WebAPI source, however, there is a branch of logic for fallback. If the method name doesn’t map (through attribute, or convention) to a supported HTTP verb, then the default is POST.

By default action selection happens through ReflectedHttpActionDescriptor class. The important method here is GetSupportedHttpMethods(). In relevant part the code reads:

        if (supportedHttpMethods.Count == 0)
        {
            // Use POST as the default HttpMethod
            supportedHttpMethods.Add(HttpMethod.Post);
        }

You can see the full source here (around the middle of the file).

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