diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/events/raiseevent.get.desc.xml b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/events/raiseevent.post.desc.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/events/raiseevent.get.desc.xml
rename to config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/events/raiseevent.post.desc.xml
diff --git a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
index 1dde0bc7bf..45de68804a 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@
       </property>  
    </bean>
    
-  <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.repository.events.raiseevent.get" class="org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.events.RaiseBrowserEventGet"
+  <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.repository.events.raiseevent.post" class="org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.events.RaiseBrowserEventPost"
          parent="webscript">
       <property name="siteService" ref="SiteService" />
       <property name="eventPublisher" ref="eventPublisher" />
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseBrowserEventGet.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseBrowserEventPost.java
similarity index 84%
rename from source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseBrowserEventGet.java
rename to source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseBrowserEventPost.java
index c1ebe85be2..5c114a81e9 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseBrowserEventGet.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseBrowserEventPost.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * @author Gethin James
 * @since 5.0
  */
-public class RaiseBrowserEventGet extends AbstractWebScript
+public class RaiseBrowserEventPost extends AbstractWebScript
 {
     private EventPublisher eventPublisher;
     private SiteService siteService;
@@ -79,13 +79,22 @@ public class RaiseBrowserEventGet extends AbstractWebScript
          action = templateVars.get("action");
        }
        
-       String attributes = req.getParameter("attributes");
+       String attributes = req.getContent().getContent();
        if (attributes != null)
        {
-           if (!validJsonMap(attributes))
+           if (StringUtils.hasText(attributes))
            {
-               throw new WebScriptException(Status.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid JSON Object: " + attributes);
+               if (!validJsonMap(attributes))
+               {
+                   throw new WebScriptException(Status.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid JSON Object: " + attributes);
+               }            
            }
+           else
+           {
+               //No valid attributes passed in so reset it
+               attributes = null;
+           }
+
        }
        
        if (StringUtils.hasText(component) && StringUtils.hasText(action))
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseEventTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseEventTest.java
index ebb8a42f36..427960a472 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseEventTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/events/RaiseEventTest.java
@@ -35,16 +35,17 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteVisibility;
 import org.alfresco.util.PropertyMap;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.Status;
 import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.TestWebScriptServer.GetRequest;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.TestWebScriptServer.PostRequest;
 
 /**
- * Tests the {@link RaiseBrowserEventGet} endpoint
+ * Tests the {@link RaiseBrowserEventPost} endpoint
  */
 public class RaiseEventTest extends BaseWebScriptTest
 {
     
     private static final String USER_ONE = "RaiseEventTestuser1";
-    private static final String SITE_EVENTS_TEST = "RaiseEventTestSite";
-    private static final String GET_URL = "/api/events/";
+    private static final String SITE_EVENTS_TEST = "Site_Raise_Event_Test";
+    private static final String POST_URL = "/api/events/";
     
     private EventPublisherForTestingOnly eventPublisher;
     private AuthenticationComponent authenticationComponent;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public class RaiseEventTest extends BaseWebScriptTest
         SiteInfo siteInfo = this.siteService.getSite(SITE_EVENTS_TEST);
         if (siteInfo == null)
         {
-            this.siteService.createSite("RaiseEventSitePreset", SITE_EVENTS_TEST, SITE_EVENTS_TEST+" Title", "SiteDescription", SiteVisibility.PRIVATE);
+            this.siteService.createSite("RaiseEventSitePreset", SITE_EVENTS_TEST, SITE_EVENTS_TEST+" Title", "SiteDescription", SiteVisibility.PUBLIC);
         }
         
         createUser(USER_ONE, SiteModel.SITE_COLLABORATOR);
@@ -96,18 +97,19 @@ public class RaiseEventTest extends BaseWebScriptTest
     }
     
     /**
-     * Tests GET requests to create browser events.
+     * Tests POST requests to create browser events.
      * 
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public void testRaiseEvent() throws Exception
     {
-       sendRequest(new GetRequest(GET_URL+"mypage/edit"), Status.STATUS_OK);
-       sendRequest(new GetRequest(GET_URL), Status.STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
-       sendRequest(new GetRequest(GET_URL+"mypage"), Status.STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
-       sendRequest(new GetRequest(GET_URL+SITE_EVENTS_TEST+"/sitepage/view"), Status.STATUS_OK);
-       sendRequest(new GetRequest(GET_URL+SITE_EVENTS_TEST+"/sitepage/view?attributes=xyz"), Status.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
-       sendRequest(new GetRequest(GET_URL+SITE_EVENTS_TEST+"/specialpage/view?attributes={\"source\": \"bob\", \"target\": \"hope\"}"), Status.STATUS_OK);
+       sendRequest(new PostRequest(POST_URL+"mypage/edit", "", "application/json"), Status.STATUS_OK);
+       sendRequest(new PostRequest(POST_URL, "", "application/json"), Status.STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
+       sendRequest(new PostRequest(POST_URL+"mypage", "", "application/json"), Status.STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
+       sendRequest(new GetRequest(POST_URL+SITE_EVENTS_TEST+"/sitepage/view"), Status.STATUS_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
+       sendRequest(new PostRequest(POST_URL+SITE_EVENTS_TEST+"/sitepage/view", "", "application/json"), Status.STATUS_OK);
+       sendRequest(new PostRequest(POST_URL+SITE_EVENTS_TEST+"/sitepage/view", "rubbish", "application/json"), Status.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
+       sendRequest(new PostRequest(POST_URL+SITE_EVENTS_TEST+"/specialpage/view", "{\"source\": \"bob\", \"target\": \"hope\"}", "application/json"), Status.STATUS_OK);
        
        List<BrowserEvent> browserEvents = eventPublisher.getQueueByType(BrowserEvent.class);
        int found = 0;