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Dabiel Kabuto
Dabiel Kabuto

Reputation: 2862

How to deal with string primites in angularjs and $http?

An ASP.NET Web Api function returns a simple string in JSON.

When I call this function from angularjs, I get a quoted string, not a simple string:

return $http.post('/api/orders', data).then(function (results) {
        return result.data;

result.data is "my string", with quotes. It is due because the returned message is a string primitive, not a object. How is the appropriate way to deal with it? Removing quotes using a js function? Forcing to server to return a object instead of primitive? some special configuration? ...?

UPDATE:

The server uses a Web Api controller that returns a string:

 public IHttpActionResult SaveOrder() {return Ok("this is a test");}

it has the same result that:

 public string  SaveOrder() {return "this is a test";}

The problem is that the returned JSON value is not an object, it is directly the string primitive.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 191

Answers (1)

Omri Aharon
Omri Aharon

Reputation: 17064

I had the same problem. It happens because you are returning string from your controller, I assume it looks something like this:

public string ControllerMethod(..) {...}

You should be returning HttpResponseMessage instead of string, and the object will be like this:

public HttpResponseMessage ControllerMethod() 
{
    var myString = "my string";
    return new HttpResponseMessage()
    {
        Content = new StringContent(myString, Encoding.UTF8, "text/html")
    };
}

Upvotes: 2

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