Passing different type of argument to ApiController in mvc

Question

The below link shows how to creat ApiController.

So how we can create a new method in controller with different paramaeter.

Something like this.

public bool SaveIttoDB(string name, string email, DateTime dob, int id)
{
    // code here
}

How we can access this method using URL?

Can anubody help me on this.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 07:33

1

The URL for that type of action (assuming it's a HttpGet) would look like

http://domain/controller/SaveItToDb/name?email=value&dob=value&id=value

Or

http://domain/controller/SaveItToDb?name=value&email=value&dob=value&id=value

answered Jun 25 '13 at 07:33

James

James, is the url is correct??? Don't we need to pass the value for name also??? http: //domain/controller/SaveItToDb?name=value&email=value&dob=value&id=value Is this correct url??? – PaRsH Jun 25 '13 at 07:36
@PaRsH the value for `name` *is* being passed - in both URLs. – James Jun 25 '13 at 07:38
I don't think this would work for a WebApi controller since it expects the method names to start woth Get or Post? Unless you configure it otherwise, ofcourse – Jordy Langen Jun 25 '13 at 07:39
Argumentation for my comment: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9569270/custom-method-names-in-asp-net-web-api – Jordy Langen Jun 25 '13 at 07:39
We dont have any post method in our controlle. We have to name the Action something like GetSaveItIoDB isn't it? – PaRsH Jun 25 '13 at 07:41
@JordyLangen I was focusing more on the actual question "*How can we access this method using URL?*" - I was assuming the OP had their route configured. – James Jun 25 '13 at 07:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 07:44

This would work:

Note, I'm converting a POST action to a GET action for demonstration purposes.

public bool GetSaveItToDB(string name, string email, DateTime dob, int id)
{
    // code here
}

You would call it using this url:

http://localhost/api/MyWebApiControllerName?name=John&email=john@doe.com&dpob=2012-13-05&id=1

It would normally be a POST:

public bool PostItToDB(string name, string email, DateTime dob, int id)
{
    // code here
}

You would then provide the parameters as POST parameters.

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