Get a Value from ActionResult<object> in a ASP.Net Core API Method

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I try to get a value from ActionResult<object> in an ASP.NET Core API method.

The API has a different controller. I try to use a method from controller B in controller A to return the result value. I get an ActionResult object from controller B. I can see the value with the debugger in the ResultObject but how can I get access to the result value in it?

public ActionResult<object> getSourceRowCounter(string sourcePath) //Method from Controller A
{
    var result = ControllerB.GetValue($"{sourcePath}.{rowCounterVariableName}");  
    var result2 = result.Value; //null
    var result3 = result.Result; //typ: {Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.OkObjectResult} <-see Value=4 in it with Debugger
    //var result4 = result3.Value; //Error?!
    //var result5 = result3.Content; //Error?!
    //var result6 = result3.?????; //How can i get the Value = 4?
    return Ok(result); //should only return value 4 and not the whole object
}

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CodeNotFound · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-27 07:43:36Z

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If you're sure that it is a type of OkObjectResult then cast before using it like below:

var result3 = (OkObjectResult)result.Result; // <-- Cast is before using it.
var result4 = result3.Value; //<-- Then you'll get no error here.

answered Apr 27, 2020 at 7:43

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dragos Over a year ago

How to handle this when instead of OkObjectResult, we have 4 different types, can we do this without cast?

Rokit Over a year ago

You can also just cast to ObjectResult and still get Value, which can handle multiple result types, eg OkObjectResult, UnauthorizedObjectResult, etc.

Joel Wiklund Over a year ago

In my case I had to cast it to JsonResult to get it to work.

mikolaj semeniuk · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-17 12:08:43Z

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Suppose you have example function in `Repository.cs`:

public async Task<IEnumerable<Todo>> GetTodosAsync() =>
   await _context.Todos.ToListAsync();

And function in `Controller.cs` looks like below:

public async Task<ActionResult<IEnumerable<Todo>>> GetTodosAsync() =>
    Ok(await _repository.GetTodosAsync());

Then in your `UnitTest.cs` you can get results by doing this:

var result = await controller.GetTodosAsync();
// list of todos is in `actual` variable
var actual = (result.Result as OkObjectResult).Value as IEnumerable<Todo>;
// or use `ObjectResult` instead of `OkObjectResult` for multiple types

edited Jan 17, 2022 at 12:08

answered Jul 18, 2021 at 21:55

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Kris Over a year ago

Underrated comment!

Rohil Patel · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-04 10:16:16Z

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If you are calling an API from action and the API returns Ok(result) which you want to access in your action then below code can help you:

if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
{                                   
    return Ok(response.Content); // returns API result
}

answered May 4, 2021 at 10:16

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