ASP .NET Web API - Get plain json in POST method

Question

I have a Web API controller that has a POST method which receives data from the request body, and all it does is send it to another web service, so deserializing the data is not necessary. How can I disable the auto deserialization done by the Web API?

public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody]string data)
{
 //Post with http client...

}

The data arrives as null with this signature.

Please show your code.

ekad
– ekad

2016-09-01 11:22:24 +00:00
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 11:22 — ekad
– ekad, Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 11:22
Set the request header: Content-Type text/plain

Darjan Bogdan
– Darjan Bogdan

2016-09-01 11:28:14 +00:00
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 11:28 — Darjan Bogdan
– Darjan Bogdan, Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 11:28

owczarek · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01 11:30:01Z

1

Check this:

public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Post(HttpRequestMessage request)
{
    var data = await request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    // do stuff with the content
}

More about the solution: http://bizcoder.com/posting-raw-json-to-web-api

answered Sep 1, 2016 at 11:30

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Mokhtar Ashour · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01 11:23:05Z

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Send the object as string (in its serialized format). For example

YourMethod([FromBody]string json)

answered Sep 1, 2016 at 11:23

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liorblob Over a year ago

It arrives as null.

Mokhtar Ashour Over a year ago

Then you are not sending it properly. Make sure that you use the right headers. (ex: Content-Type: application/json). There's a tool called postman to test your APIs with

zhimin · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01 12:29:48Z

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Just read the reuest content like this:

public Task<IHttpActionResult> Post() {
    var str = await Request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}

answered Sep 1, 2016 at 12:29

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