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Shaakir
Shaakir

Reputation: 484

C# Web Api (Non MVC) Dictionary parameters

I am trying to create a Web Api that will be used by many websites / apps.

The Api takes dictionary as parameter as it will be dynamic.

C# Method:

[HttpPost]
public Dictionary<string, string> ApiTest(Dictionary<string, string> parameters )
{
    Dictionary<string, string> dic_data = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> tmp in parameters)
        {
            dic_data[tmp.Key] = tmp.Value;
        }

    return dic_data;
}

Ajax Call to Method:

Please note i left out contentType: "application/json" as it complains about it being including with CORS allowed

var data = {"parameters":{"product_id":"1","product_model":"HFJ5G1.5","product_type":"plat","product_return":"graviteits"}};
//var data = {AlbumName: "Dirty Deeds",Songs:[ { SongName: "Problem Child"},{ SongName: "Squealer"}]};
var parameters = {};
parameters['1'] = 10;
parameters['2'] = 11;
$.ajax({
    type :'POST',
    url : 'http://localhost:8082/api/WebController/ApiTest/',
    dataType : 'json',
    data: parameters ,

    success : function(data) {
    console.log(data);

I have tried Binding the parameter as well:

public class myParameters
{
    public Dictionary<string,string> parameters { get; set; }
}
public Dictionary<string, string> ApiTest(myParameters parameters )

Still no luck.

On the browser console, I just keep receiving back "{}" from the API.

I have looked at many examples but none seem to help. I'm still very new to C# so some of the comments and answers was just above me (like the ModelBinder stuff)

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UPDATE:

After a few more hours of searching, i decided to make a "local" call to the API from the same site that hosts the API. I was then able to put in place contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8', which had no problems with sending parsing JSON post object into Dictionary parameter :-(

So now my search continues of contentType + C# Api + Dictionary + CORS

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1519

Answers (2)

Shaakir
Shaakir

Reputation: 484

CORS was enabled on the server. With simple binding parameters like strings it worked fine Crossdomain. Dictionary where is failed.

However i had to go one step further on IIS to enable specifying the content type in the AJAX call

jQuery CORS Content-type OPTIONS

I have tested it without IIS content type header specified , and even if i add the crossDomain: true, I still get Jquery error complaining about CORS

Upvotes: 1

AD.Net
AD.Net

Reputation: 13399

If it works fine from the same domain, you will need to enable CORS in that case, and your ajax call will include

crossDomain: true, dataType: "json", contentType: "application/json",

To enable CORS take a look at the example here

Upvotes: 1

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