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Alex
Alex

Reputation: 397

ASP.NET WebAPI - Issues with [FromBody]

I'm looking to implement a new API but rather than going down my usual route of PHP I've opted for C#.

I've had a little play with the 'MVC 4 API' example, but so far I can't seem to get my requests working.

I've created a controller called 'Values' and have the following method:

[HttpPost]
public void Post([FromBody]string value)
{
    string body = value;
}

I've then sent the following POST request via fiddler to said API:

User-Agent: Fiddler
Host: localhost:56501
Content-Length: 10
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

value=test

After running this, it looks as though the method is being called, but when attempting to get the 'value' sent through the body, it doesn't seem to pick up on it and instead gives me a null.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1453

Answers (1)

Andrei Dvoynos
Andrei Dvoynos

Reputation: 1145

I can't seem to make it work for Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded, but this should work meanwhile :)

User-Agent: Fiddler
Host: localhost:56501
Content-Length: 6
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

"test"

So I found out that if you need to make it work with application/x-www-form-urlencoded then you only need to pass =value as the body of your request. Definitely weird, but I guess this is not MVC, it's WebApi, so you shouldn't be passing application/x-www-form-urlencoded anyway ;)

Upvotes: 3

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