How to read JSON object to WebAPI

Question

I\'ve checked a few similar questions, but none of the answers seem to fit (or dumb it down enough for me). So, I have a really simple WebAPI to check if user with an email

Answer 1

Either change it to a POST to send the object you are trying to send through the request body or change you method signature to accept the email address.

var param = { "email": "ex.ample@email.com" };
$.ajax({
    url: "/api/users/" + param.email,
    type: "GET",
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
    dataType: "json",
    success: function (data) {
        if (data == true) {
            // notify user that email exists
        }
        else {
            // not taken
        }             
    }                      
});

[HttpGet, Route("api/users/{emailaddress}")]
public bool Get(string emailaddress)
{
    string email = emailaddress;
    UserStore userStore = new UserStore();
    ApplicationUserManager manager = new ApplicationUserManager(userStore);
    ApplicationUser user = manager.FindByEmail(email);

    if (user != null)
    {
        return true;
    }

    else
    {
        return false;
    }
}

//helper class:
public class UserResponse
{
    public string email { get; set; }
}