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David Tunnell
David Tunnell

Reputation: 7532

Passing parameters to WEB API Self Hosted Service

I have a simple client app that talks to a self hosted web api: 

class Program
{
    static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:8080");

        LoadForeman();

        Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to quit.");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    static void LoadForeman()
    {
        HttpResponseMessage resp = client.GetAsync("api/foreman").Result;
        resp.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

        var foreman = resp.Content.ReadAsAsync<IEnumerable<SelfHost.Foreman>>().Result;
        foreach (var f in foreman)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", f.ForeBadge, f.ForeName);
        }
    }
}

How do I pass parameters (strings) from the client to the service?

EDIT: WEB API SERVICE

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var config = new HttpSelfHostConfiguration("http://localhost:8080");
        //describes how to access API via HTTP
        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            "API Default", "api/{controller}/{id}",
            new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });

        using (HttpSelfHostServer server = new HttpSelfHostServer(config))
        {
            server.OpenAsync().Wait();

            Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to quit.");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1213

Answers (1)

Dan
Dan

Reputation: 11

I realize that this is an old post, but you can pass information to the controller with a custom DelegatingHandler.

i.e:

 _config = New HttpSelfHostConfiguration(myUrl)
 _config.MessageHandlers.add(New MyHandler(cs))

Public Class WebApiHandler
    Inherits System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler
    Private ReadOnly _cs As String
    Public Sub New(ByVal cs as String)
        _cs = cs
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Function SendAsync(request As HttpRequestMessage, cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task(Of HttpResponseMessage)
        request.Properties("ConnectionString") = _cs
        Return MyBase.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken)
    End Function
End Class

Upvotes: 1

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