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dhrm
dhrm

Reputation: 14934

Web API Complex type property always null

I've this Book class:

public class Book
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

This Book ApiController with a post-method using a Complex type parameter:

[RoutePrefix("api/book")]
public class BookController : ApiController
{
    [Route("create")]
    public Book CreateBook([FromBody]Book book)
    {
        // Persist the book
        return book;
    }
}

I'm then using this jQuery code to test my Post-method:

var data = {"name":"test"};

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "api/book/create",
    data: JSON.stringify(data),
    dataType: "json",
    success: function (result) {
        alert(result);
    }
});

When running the jQuery, a breakpoint inside my CreaetBook action is trigged, but the Book.Name property is null. I expect it to be test.

Why is it always null?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 481

Answers (1)

Guy
Guy

Reputation: 1444

Try without JSON.stringify

var data = {"name":"test"};

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "api/book/create",
    data: data,
    dataType: "json",
    success: function (result) {
        alert(result);
    }
});

Upvotes: 2

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