Post array of strings to web API method

Question

this is my client side ajax call:

    var list = [\"a\", \"b\", \"c\", \"d\"];

    var jsonText = { data: list };

    $.ajax({
        type: \         


        

Answer 1

For passing simply types, the data to post must take the form of a name value pair with the name portion being an empty string. So you need to make the Ajax call like so:

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: "/api/values",
  data: { "": list },
  dataType: "json",
  success: function() { alert("it worked!"); },
  failure: function() { alert("not working..."); }
});

Additionally, on your Web API action, annotate it w/ the [FromBody] attribute. Something like:

public void Post([FromBody]string[] values)

That should do the trick.