Web API passing Object to a Get method

Question

is there a way to pass an object as a parameter in a Get method in Web API? I have the following case:

In my Web.API project the Get method looks like that:

Answer 1

You need to use [FromUri] attribute.

Look at the the following question. ASP.NET MVC Web Api Get Not Mapping QueryString To Strongly Typed Parameter

Answer 2

I think that

public IEnumerable<ArticleMetaData> GetComponentXMLByDate([FromUri]ComponentRequest request)
{
    // Some logic here
    return articleMeta;
}

should work.

Mike Stall has a good article on how-webapi-does-parameter-binding