I believe you can solve this by proxying the calls through Javascript, using ExternalInterface as well.
Thanks, Om On Sep 7, 2015 6:45 AM, "Krüger, Olaf" <okrue...@edscha.com> wrote: > Hi, > I ran into the same problem, here's a (very old) summary of the problem: > http://verveguy.blogspot.de/2008/07/truth-about-flex-httpservice.html > > I've found these workarounds: > > 1) Using " X-HTTP-Method-Override" (Server side must support this): > > http://blog.arulprasad.com/2010/12/http-put-delete-from-actionscript-rest.html > https://cambiatablog.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/287/ > > 2) Add an additional argument e.g. "method" to your request and implement > a "proxy service" at server side that interprets this argument and calls > the origin REST service > ...?_method=PUT/DELETE... > > Any news to this issue are very welcome ;-) > > Olaf > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Christofer Dutz [mailto:christofer.d...@c-ware.de] > Gesendet: Montag, 7. September 2015 14:57 > An: 'dev@flex.apache.org' > Betreff: Allowing PUT and DELETE requests in HTTPService > > Hi, > > > I am currently working on a fun project in which we are having a little > battle of the client technologies. The backend server is a REST service > communicating in JSON. > > While my Flex client is currently way beyond the others, I just stumbled > over a problem which I don't quite know how to work around. > > > The problem is that the REST service accepts GET, PUT, DELETE and POST > requests. I was pretty surprised to find out the Flex doesn't seem to > support PUT and DELETE. The reasoning behind this seems to be related with > Browsers not supporting these. Is this still the case? I think a lot of the > modern JSFrameworks make heavy usage of REST services. Anyway I am creating > an AIR application, so I don't care about browsers anyway. > > > Is there a way around this to make REST PUT and DELETE calls possible? I > have tried the URLRequest approach, but this doesn't seem to work. > > > Is this a restriction from the dark ages and we could make Flex work with > PUT and DELETE or is this a restriction of the Flashplayer or AIR runtime? > > > Chris > > ________________________________ > > Edscha Holding GmbH > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Remscheid > Registergericht: Wuppertal, HRB 22889 > Geschäftsführung: Francisco J. Riberas Mera, Francisco López Peña, David > Vázquez Pascual, Torsten Greiner, Markus Kirchner, Hans-Peter Schulz und > Volker Weiss > > Vertretungsberechtigt sind nur Geschäftsführer und schriftlich > Bevollmächtigte. > > Solely Managing Directors or employees with a written proxy have got power > of representation. > > Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail einschließlich etwaiger beigefügter Dateien ist > vertraulich und nur für den Empfänger bestimmt. Sollten Sie nicht der > bestimmungsgemäße Empfänger sein, ist Ihnen jegliche Offenlegung, > Vervielfältigung, Weitergabe oder Nutzung des Inhalts untersagt. Bitte > informieren Sie in diesem Fall unverzüglich den Absender und löschen Sie > die E-Mail einschließlich etwaiger beigefügter Dateien von Ihrem System. > Vielen Dank. > > The contents of this e-mail including any attachments are confidential and > may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, any > disclosure, copying, distribution or use of its contents is strictly > prohibited, and you should please notify the sender immediately and then > delete this e-mail including any attachments from your system. Thank you. >
