Is it possible to Invoke a HttpPost Action method from @Html.ActionLink?

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Is it possible to Invoke a HttpPost Action method from @Html.ActionLink ?

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Delete()
{    
  // delete 
}

@Html.ActionLink("Delete","Delete","Cart") will render an anchor tag which is a get request.

I have a list of products i am showing in the shopping cart and i want to add a delete button.

@mccow002, Generally not a good idea for actions that modify data (such as deleting items) to be GETs. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/786070/why-should-you-delete-using-an-http-post-or-delete-rather-than-get — Brandon, Apr 12 '12 at 20:50
@mccow002: Get for delete ? Really ? This is something worth to read http://stackoverflow.com/a/679042/40521 — Happy, Apr 12 '12 at 20:51
fair enough. Any place I've ever implemented a delete as a get has been behind security, so I didn't have to worry about a google bot or something. But yea, didn't realize all that could happen with the delete as a get on an open site. Try to answer a question, you learn something yourself. Thanks — mccow002, Apr 12 '12 at 20:56

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '12 at 20:47

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add a javascript listener on the click event of that actionLink and in the callback function of the listener just do s POST to your action.

answered Apr 12 '12 at 20:47

Baz1nga

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