Possible to post ODataQueryOptions from the Http Request body?

Question

I\'m implementing a Web API interface to support some fairly complex queries to run against it and have run up against an issue with the maximum request URI length.

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Answer 1

You can pass the raw string value of the query options in the post body, and construct a query option in the post method of the controller.

The code below is just for filter query option. You can add other query options the same way.

public IQueryable Post([FromBody] string filterRawValue)
{
    var context = new ODataQueryContext(Request.ODataProperties().Model, typeof(Report));
    var filterQueryOption = new FilterQueryOption(filterRawValue, context);
    var query = DbContext.Query();
    return (filterQueryOption.ApplyTo(query) as IQueryable).WithTranslations().Project(MappingEngine).To().WithTranslations();
}