FIX Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in

Adding a new web service to an application today so that I can delay loading some web user controls and ran into this 500 Error when calling the web service:

Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in /GetHtml

Found this KB article with the fix:

Add the following to web.config since GET and POST are disabled by default in ASP.NET 2.0 and greater:

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<configuration>

 <system.web>

 <webServices>

 <protocols>

 <add name= "HttpGet&quot">

 <add name="HttpPost">

 </protocols>

 </webServices>

 </system.web>
</configuration>