Kendo UI DataSource not triggering transport.destroy - kendo-ui

Question

I am using Kendo UI with ASP.NET Web API. There is a ProjectsController that has all the necessary methods.
My issue is that when I click on Delete button, Kendo UI grid will raise remove() event, but DataSource never invokes transport.destroy. Rather, it seems that tansport.create is being invoked. In transport.parameterMap I can see that the operation is create instead of destroy.
Here is a sample JavaScript code:
$(document).ready(function () {
var apiUrl = '/api/projects/';
var dataType = 'json';
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
batch: true,
autoSync: false,
transport: {
read: {
url: apiUrl,
dataType: dataType,
type: "GET"
},
update: {
url: apiUrl,
dataType: dataType,
type: "PUT"
},
destroy: {
url: apiUrl,
type: "DELETE"
},
create: {
url: apiUrl,
contentType: "application/json;charset=utf-8",
dataType: dataType,
type: "POST"
},
parameterMap: function (data, operation) {
console.log("Operation: " + operation);
if (operation === "create" && data.models) {
for (var i in data.models) {
var model = data.models[i];
if (model.ProjectId === 0) {
return kendo.stringify(model);
}
}
} else if (operation === "destroy") {
console.log("Data.Models: " + data.models);
console.log("Data.id: " + data.ProjectId);
return { id: data.ProjectId };
}
return data;
}
},
schema: {
id: "ProjectId",
model: {
fields: {
ProjectId: { type: "number", editable: false, nullable: false, defaultValue: 0 },
ProjectName: { type: "string", validation: { required: true } },
Status: { type: "string", validation: { required: true } },
IsActive: { type: "boolean" }
}
}
},
pageSize: 10,
serverPaging: false,
serverFiltering: false,
serverSorting: false
});
$("#projectsGrid").kendoGrid({
dataSource: dataSource,
groupable: false,
sortable: true,
pageable: {
refresh: true,
pageSizes: true
},
pageSize: 10,
toolbar: ["create"],
editable: "popup",
columns: [
{ field: "ProjectId", width: 30, title: "ID" },
{ field: "ProjectName", width: 180, title: "Project" },
{ field: "Status", width: 90, title: "Status" },
{ field: "IsActive", width: 40, title: "Is Active", type: "boolean", template: '<input type="checkbox" #if (IsActive) {# checked="checked" #}# disabled="disabled" />' },
{ command: ["edit", "destroy"], title: "&nbsp", width: "80px" }
],
remove: function (e) {
console.log("Delete button clicked.");
console.log("Project ID: " + e.model.ProjectId);
//dataSource.remove(e.model);
//dataSource.sync();
}
});
});
Web API works fine when requests are issued via Fiddler, but Kendo UI Grid shows:
POST http://localhost:port/api/Projects
when it should be DELETE.
Thanks everyone in advance!

Answer 1

On your datasource, you have the batch flag set to true, this means the datasource will make the call only after you tell it to, e.g calling sync().
http://docs.kendoui.com/api/framework/datasource#configuration-batch
As well as
Make sure you have defined Id in the model, as OnaBai explained here Why does the KendoUI Grid Transport Create event gets raised multiple times, and even when the action is Update? , your id is outside the model, should be in :
model: {
id: "ProductID",
fields: {
ProductID: { editable: false, nullable: true },
}
}

Answer 2

if someone has defined the id in model as answered in above ,but dataSource not triggering transport.destroy yet ,below configuration could be helpful:
editable: {
..
mode: "inline", //or "popup
...
}
//or
editable: "inline" //or "popup"
http://www.telerik.com/forums/transport-destroy-of-grid-editor-is-not-working