Force HTTPS redirection on Azure web service (API)

Question

I'm setting up an API on Azure as a web service. I want it to force HTTPS for all the HTTP verbs (GET, POST, DELETE, etc.)

The blog post here tells to add a rule in the web.config file (towards the bottom of the blog post, it's quite lengthy.) Here is the rule:

<!-- BEGIN rule TAG FOR HTTPS REDIRECT -->
    <rule name="Force HTTPS" enabled="true">
        <match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="false" />
        <conditions>
            <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" />
        </conditions>
        <action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true" redirectType="Permanent" />
    </rule>
<!-- END rule TAG FOR HTTPS REDIRECT -->

I tried doing that and it works okay for GET requests. However, when I try for POST requests, the web service now somehow interprets that request as GET request.

Any pointers on how to set up the rule for remaining verbs as well?

Answer 1

GETs are enabled by default, you have to enable the other http verbs. Shortest Version is the "Enable HTTP Verbs" section in the azure cheat sheet: http://microsoftazurewebsitescheatsheet.info