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

use the method above to send array as suggested by cris in your jquery ajax call. JSON data is usually in key value pair.

  var tmp = [];
  tmp.push({
  //this is the key name 'a'  "a": "your value", //it could be anything here in 
   //string format.
    "b": "b",
    "c": "c",
    "d": "d"
   });

 { data: JSON.stringify(tmp);} 

You can also accomplish above by using two dimensional array

Additionally do this in the webapi project.

under the models folder in your web api project create a class file. Possibly class1.cs.

Create 4 properties

public string a {get; set;}
public string b {get; set;}
public string c {get; set;}
public string d {get; set;}

Now do this in your controller

using projectname.models

[HttpPost]
public return-type actionname(List obj)
{
  //Further logic goes here
} 

I am sure this will work.