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koronx
koronx

Reputation: 51

call web api from normal web mvc in same project

I have a web MVC app that contains normal MVC controller and web api controller.

WHat is proper way to call web api controller from normal MVC controller action in same project?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2991

Answers (3)

anon
anon

Reputation:

See Is it an antipattern to call WEBAPI services from MVC Controllers?

In a nut shell, use an httpclient in order to get to your api.

Upvotes: 0

Ohlin
Ohlin

Reputation: 4178

If you just need a way to send JSON (or similar) back to the client you can simply choose to return something else than a view from your MVC controller. Then it's all handled within your MVC web app and you don't need to use Web API.

public JsonResult DetailsJson(int id)
{
    Car car = carRepository.Find(id);
    return Json(car, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

This example would then be called using

/Cars/DetailsJson/3

Please not that GET is allowed in the sample (by adding JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet) for test reasons and may be removed if you only want to support POST requests.

Upvotes: 0

Stoop
Stoop

Reputation: 1275

ASP.Net Web API is meant to be called over HTTP, not from your server-side logic. Perhaps your rendered presentation can call your web API via a client-side request (ajax, for example).

If you find yourself in a position where your MVC controller's action needs to execute code that is only available in a Web API action, then you should consider decoupling that code from your Web API and moving it into a more platform-agnostic area of your code (service layer?).

Upvotes: 3

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