How to deal with arbitrary JSON in ASP.NET WebAPI?

Question

I need to create two endpoints with WebAPI. One will accept arbitrary JSON and an integer key, the other will return said JSON.

    [Route("UpdateData")]
    public async Task UpdateData(int dataKey, [HttpPost] XXX data)
    {

    }

    [Route("GetData")]
    public async Task<???> GetData(int dataKey)
    {

    }

I know how to do the database storage, I just need to know what the public API should look like.

Have you seen this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13573384/how-to-post-arbitrary-json-object-to-webapi — David Tansey, Jun 18 '15 at 04:33
That one's all over the map with no hint as to which is preferable or why. — Jonathan Allen, Jun 18 '15 at 04:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '15 at 05:33

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[Route("UpdateData")]
public async Task UpdateData(int dataKey, [FromBody] JObject data)
{

}

[Route("GetData")]
public async Task<JObject> GetData(int dataKey)
{

}

answered Jun 18 '15 at 05:33

Jonathan Allen

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