I have a web application (hosted in IIS) that talks to a Windows service. The Windows service is using the ASP.Net MVC Web API (self-hosted), and so can be communicated with over http using JSON. The web application is configured to do impersonation, the idea being that the user who makes the request to the … Read more
Why are the FromBody and FromUri attributes needed in ASP.NET Web API`? What are the differences between using the attributes and not using them? 4 Answers 4
I need to write the following data into a text file using JSON format in C#. The brackets are important for it to be valid JSON format. [ { “Id”: 1, “SSN”: 123, “Message”: “whatever” }, { “Id”: 2, “SSN”: 125, “Message”: “whatever” } ] Here is my model class: public class data { public … Read more
I need to add http headers to the HttpClient before I send a request to a web service. How do I do that for an individual request (as opposed to on the HttpClient to all future requests)? I’m not sure if this is even possible. var client = new HttpClient(); var task = client.GetAsync(“http://www.someURI.com”) .ContinueWith((taskwithmsg) … Read more
The two entities are one-to-many relationship (built by code first fluent api). public class Parent { public Parent() { this.Children = new List<Child>(); } public int Id { get; set; } public virtual ICollection<Child> Children { get; set; } } public class Child { public int Id { get; set; } public int ParentId { … Read more
In Web API I had a class of similar structure: public class SomeController : ApiController { [WebGet(UriTemplate = “{itemSource}/Items”)] public SomeValue GetItems(CustomParam parameter) { … } [WebGet(UriTemplate = “{itemSource}/Items/{parent}”)] public SomeValue GetChildItems(CustomParam parameter, SomeObject parent) { … } } Since we could map individual methods, it was very simple to get the right request at … Read more
Is there a way to display all enums as their string value in swagger instead of their int value? I want to be able to submit POST actions and put enums according to their string value without having to look at the enum every time. I tried DescribeAllEnumsAsStrings but the server then receives strings instead … Read more
I did the upgrade according to. http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-5/how-to-upgrade-an-aspnet-mvc-4-and-web-api-project-to-aspnet-mvc-5-and-web-api-2 I get the error. Does any one else got this error? Server Error in “https://stackoverflow.com/” Application. Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.Http, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The located assembly’s manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) Description: An … Read more
How can I create using C# and HttpClient the following POST request: I need such a request for my WEB API service: [ActionName(“exist”)] [HttpPost] public bool CheckIfUserExist([FromBody] string login) { return _membershipProvider.CheckIfExist(login); } 5 Answers 5
For returning from a Web API 2 controller, I can return content with the response if the response is OK (status 200) like this: public IHttpActionResult Get() { string myResult = … return Ok(myResult); } If possible, I want to use the built-in result types here when possible My question is, for another type of … Read more
