ASP.NET Web API: Optional Guid parameters

Question

I have ApiController with Get action like this:

public IEnumerable<Note> Get(Guid userId, Guid tagId)
{
    var userNotes = _repository.Get(x => x.UserId == userId);
    var tagedNotes = _repository.Get(x => x.TagId == tagId);    

    return userNotes.Union(tagedNotes).Distinct();
}

I want that the following requests was directed to this action:

http://{somedomain}/api/notes?userId={Guid}&tagId={Guid}
http://{somedomain}/api/notes?userId={Guid}
http://{somedomain}/api/notes?tagId={Guid}

Which way should I do this?

UPDATE: Be careful, the api controller should not have another GET method without parameters or you should to use action with one optional parameter.

jgauffin · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-20 08:01:04Z

14

You need to use Nullable type (IIRC, it might work with a default value (Guid.Empty)

public IEnumerable<Note> Get(Guid? userId = null, Guid? tagId = null)
{
    var userNotes = userId.HasValue ? _repository.Get(x => x.UserId == userId.Value) : new List<Note>();
    var tagNotes = tagId.HasValue ? _repository.Get(x => x.TagId == tagId.Value) : new List<Note>();
    return userNotes.Union(tagNotes).Distinct();
}

answered Mar 20, 2012 at 8:01

jgauffin

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