I have a Web API Endpoint with the following signatures.
[HttpGet]
[Route("api/some-endpoint")]
public IHttpActionResult getAll()
{
...
...
return Ok({ firstList, secondList });
}
Now, I want to return two list variables firstList, secondList. How to do that?
Return an anonymous type; all you're missing is the word new in your code:
[HttpGet]
[Route("api/some-endpoint")]
public IHttpActionResult getAll()
{
...
...
return Ok(new { firstList, secondList });
}
To rename the properties:
[HttpGet]
[Route("api/some-endpoint")]
public IHttpActionResult getAll()
{
...
...
return Ok(new { propertyName1=firstList, propertyName2=secondList });
}
Why not a Tuple, as advocated in the other answer? If you use Tuple your property name are fixed to the name of the Tuple properties (you'll end up with JSON like { "Item1": [ ... ] ...
you can do this with system.tuple or create a new class or structure like :
public class TheClass
{
public TheClass(List<string> f,List<string> l)
{
firstList = f;
secendList = l;
}
public List<string> firstList;
public List<string> secendList;
}
and
[HttpGet]
[Route("api/some-endpoint")]
public IHttpActionResult getAll()
{
...
...
return new TheClass(firstList, secondList);
}
But this class must be on clients to be able to receive and work with it
return Ok(new { firstList = firstList, secondList = secondList });which will return a new object with two properties namedfirstListandsecondList.