I'm trying to post a comment to The API Sandbox, I did one using the interactive documentation, but when trying to use my own code, it doesn't work. Instead, I get status code 405 (Method not allowed)
const http = require("http")
let req = http.request({
method: "POST",
href: `https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3/posts/51812/comments/add?site=meta&access_token=my_access_token&key=app_key&body=${encodeURI("Testing comment with enough length")}&preview=false`,
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
}, res => {
console.log(`code: ${res.statusCode}`) // "code: 405"
res.on("error", console.error)
})
req.end()
I don't really understand how I'm supposed to post the comment. Did I make a mistake?
Removing method: "POST" gives status code 200, but still doesn't post a comment.
Also, when using res.on("data"), for some reason it sends back this webpage:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>IIS 10.0 Detailed Error - 405.0 - Method Not Allowed</title>
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<body>
<div id="content">
<div class="content-container">
<h3>HTTP Error 405.0 - Method Not Allowed</h3>
<h4>The page you are looking for cannot be displayed because an invalid method (HTTP verb) is being used.</h4>
</div>
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><h4>Most likely causes:</h4>
<ul> <li>The request sent to the Web server used an HTTP verb that is not allowed by the module configured to handle the request.</li> <li>A request was sent to the server that contained an invalid HTTP verb.</li> <li>The request is for static content and contains an HTTP verb other than GET or HEAD.</li> <li>A request was sent to a virtual directory using the HTTP verb POST and the default document is a static file that does not support HTTP verbs other than GET or HEAD.</li> </ul>
</fieldset>
</div>
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><h4>Things you can try:</h4>
<ul> <li>Verify the list of verbs enabled for the module handler this request was sent to, and ensure that this verb should be allowed for the Web site.</li> <li>Check the IIS log file to see which verb is not allowed for the request.</li> <li>Create a tracing rule to track failed requests for this HTTP status code. For more information about creating a tracing rule for failed requests, click <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66439">here</a>. </li> </ul>
</fieldset>
</div>
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><h4>Detailed Error Information:</h4>
<div id="details-left">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr class="alt"><th>Module</th><td> StaticFileModule</td></tr>
<tr><th>Notification</th><td> ExecuteRequestHandler</td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><th>Handler</th><td> StaticFile</td></tr>
<tr><th>Error Code</th><td> 0x80070001</td></tr>
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<div id="details-right">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr class="alt"><th>Requested URL</th><td> http://localhost:80/iisstart.htm</td></tr>
<tr><th>Physical Path</th><td> C:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.htm</td></tr>
<tr class="alt"><th>Logon Method</th><td> Anonymous</td></tr>
<tr><th>Logon User</th><td> Anonymous</td></tr>
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<div class="clear"></div>
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</fieldset>
</div>
<div class="content-container">
<fieldset><h4>More Information:</h4>
This error means that the request sent to the Web server contained an HTTP verb that is not allowed by the
configured module handler for the request.
<p><a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=62293&IIS70Error=405,0,0x80070001,19044">View more
information »</a></p>
</fieldset>
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</body>
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However, switching to GET shows this instead:
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<body>
<div id="container">
<a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=66138&clcid=0x409"><img src="iisstart.png" alt="IIS" width="960" height="600" /></a>
</div>
</body>
</html>
