RestSharp get serialized output

Question

I am looking for a way to access the serialized result of the AddBody call.

I am using the built in RestSharp Serializer. Example:

class Foo
{
    public string FooField;
}       

void SendRecord() 
{

    var f = new Foo();
    f.FooField = "My Value";

    request.AddBody(f);

    // How do I get the serialized json result of the add body call without 
    // data? I would like to log the serialized output of the add body call to
    // the database. 
    //Expected {"FooField":"My Value"}

    var response = client.Execute(request);
}

Please provide more detail and code examples. – 1232133d2ffa Jun 08 '14 at 21:08 — 1232133d2ffa, Jun 08 '14 at 21:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '21 at 08:17

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I also struggled with this (using v107 preview) and couldn't find any examples of logging the actual string sent to the server. The issue I was trying to debug was getting the right serialisation settings so the object was no use to me.

The only way I could find to get the serialized body as a string was to hook into the OnBeforeRequest event on the RestRequest:

var request = new RestRequest("/", Method.Post)
    .AddHeader(KnownHeaders.ContentType, "application/json", false)
    .AddJsonBody(myObj);

request.OnBeforeRequest = async (httpRequest) =>
{
    var requestBodyStr = await httpRequest.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    Trace.WriteLine($"Request body: {requestBodyStr}");
};

answered Dec 24 '21 at 08:17

Rob Bird

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Does the method I used no longer work in 107? request.Parameters.Where(p => p.Type == ParameterType.RequestBody).FirstOrDefault(); – Nikoli Dec 24 '21 at 16:04
@Nikoli - yes it still works and thanks this is still a great way to get the request body as an object. But that can hide some types of issues - I was looking to see what the string value that gets sent over http looked like once serialised (using json.net etc) - so in my case I wanted to check that pascal case was being used and date formats when converting my object to json. – Rob Bird Dec 27 '21 at 20:04
Cannot resolve symbol 'OnBeforeRequest' – R-D Feb 22 '23 at 19:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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I figured it out by finding this post.

request.Parameters.Where(p => p.Type == ParameterType.RequestBody).FirstOrDefault();

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Jun 12 '14 at 17:56

Nikoli

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This only gets you the object, not the serialized string, at least as of version `106.11.7`. – srbrills Feb 24 '21 at 23:40

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '23 at 20:17

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RestSharp itself doesn't expose the serialized request body when you pass an object to it.

There is a way to get at it though, I just posted over here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/75537611/2509281

answered Feb 22 '23 at 20:17

R-D

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 12 '14 at 16:47

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Right off the RestSharp homepage (http://restsharp.org/):

// execute the request
RestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
var content = response.Content; // raw content as string <~~~~~~~~~~

answered Jun 12 '14 at 16:47

1232133d2ffa

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That is the response from the server. Not what is being sent by the client – Nikoli Jun 12 '14 at 17:42
I figured it out. request.Parameters.Where(p => p.Type == ParameterType.RequestBody).FirstOrDefault(); – Nikoli Jun 12 '14 at 17:53

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