Delete templates via POST

config/api.yml

@@ -1967,6 +1967,8 @@
         :disabled: true
       - :name: set_ownership
         :identifier: miq_template_ownership
+      - :name: delete
+        :identifier: miq_template_delete
       :delete:
       - :name: delete
         :identifier: miq_template_delete

spec/requests/api/templates_spec.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,34 @@
 RSpec.describe "Templates API" do
+  describe "POST /api/templates/:c_id with DELETE action" do
+    it "deletes a template with an appropriate role" do
+      api_basic_authorize(action_identifier(:templates, :delete))
+      template = FactoryGirl.create(:template)
+
+      expect do
+        run_post(templates_url(template.id), :action => "delete")
+      end.to change(MiqTemplate, :count).by(-1)
+
+      expected = {
+        "href"    => a_string_matching(templates_url(template.id)),
+        "message" => "templates id: #{template.id} deleting",
+        "success" => true
+      }
+      expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+    end
+
+    it "won't delete a template without an appropriate role" do
+      api_basic_authorize
+      template = FactoryGirl.create(:template)
+
+      expect do
+        run_post(templates_url(template.id), :action => "delete")
+      end.not_to change(MiqTemplate, :count)
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "tags subcollection" do
     it "can list a template's tags" do
       template = FactoryGirl.create(:template)