How to pass multiple parameters to a get method in ASP.NET Core

Question

How can I pass in multiple parameters to Get methods in an MVC 6 controller. For example I want to be able to have something like the following.

[Route(\"api         


        

Answer 1

NB-I removed FromURI .Still I can pass value from URL and get result.If anyone knows benfifts using fromuri let me know

Answer 2

To parse the search parameters from the URL, you need to annotate the controller method parameters with [FromQuery], for example:

[Route("api/person")]
public class PersonController : Controller
{
    [HttpGet]
    public string GetById([FromQuery]int id)
    {

    }

    [HttpGet]
    public string GetByName([FromQuery]string firstName, [FromQuery]string lastName)
    {

    }

    [HttpGet]
    public string GetByNameAndAddress([FromQuery]string firstName, [FromQuery]string lastName, [FromQuery]string address)
    {

    }
}

Answer 3

I think the easiest way is to simply use AttributeRouting.

[Route("api/YOURCONTROLLER/{paramOne}/{paramTwo}")]
    public string Get(int paramOne, int paramTwo)
    {
        return "The [Route] with multiple params worked";
    }

Answer 4

I would suggest to use a separate dto object as an argument:

[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class PersonController : Controller
{
    public string Get([FromQuery] GetPersonQueryObject request)
    {
        // Your code goes here
    }
}

public class GetPersonQueryObject 
{
    public int? Id { get; set; }
    public string Firstname { get; set; }
    public string Lastname { get; set; }
    public string Address { get; set; }
}

Dotnet will map the fields to your object.

This will make it a lot easier to pass through your parameters and will result in much clearer code.

Answer 5

To add some more detail about the overloading that you asked about in your comment after another answer, here is a summary. The comments in the ApiController show which action will be called with each GET query:

public class ValuesController : ApiController
{
    // EXPLANATION: See the view for the buttons which call these WebApi actions. For WebApi controllers, 
    //          there can only be one action for a given HTTP verb (GET, POST, etc) which has the same method signature, (even if the param names differ) so
    //          you can't have Get(string height) and Get(string width), but you can have Get(int height) and Get(string width).
    //          It isn't a particularly good idea to do that, but it is true. The key names in the query string must match the
    //          parameter names in the action, and the match is NOT case sensitive. This demo app allows you to test each of these
    //          rules, as follows:
    // 
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with no parameters (/api/values) then the Get() action will be called.
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with a height parameter (/api/values?height=5) then the Get(int height) action will be called.
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with a width parameter (/api/values?width=8) then the Get(string width) action will be called.
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with height and width parameters (/api/values?height=3&width=7) then the 
    //          Get(string height, string width) action will be called.
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with a depth parameter (/api/values?depth=2) then the Get() action will be called
    //          and the depth parameter will be obtained from Request.GetQueryNameValuePairs().
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with height and depth parameters (/api/values?height=4&depth=5) then the Get(int height) 
    //          action will be called, and the depth parameter would need to be obtained from Request.GetQueryNameValuePairs().
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with width and depth parameters (/api/values?width=3&depth=5) then the Get(string width) 
    //          action will be called, and the depth parameter would need to be obtained from Request.GetQueryNameValuePairs().
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with height, width and depth parameters (/api/values?height=7&width=2&depth=9) then the 
    //          Get(string height, string width) action will be called, and the depth parameter would need to be obtained from 
    //          Request.GetQueryNameValuePairs().
    // When you send an HTTP GET request with a width parameter, but with the first letter of the parameter capitalized (/api/values?Width=8) 
    //          then the Get(string width) action will be called because the case does NOT matter.
    // NOTE: If you were to uncomment the Get(string height) action below, then you would get an error about there already being  
    //          a member named Get with the same parameter types. The same goes for Get(int id).
    //
    // ANOTHER NOTE: Using the nullable operator (e.g. string? paramName) you can make optional parameters. It would work better to
    //          demonstrate this in another ApiController, since using nullable params and having a lot of signatures is a recipe
    //          for confusion.

    // GET api/values
    public IEnumerable<string> Get()
    {
        return Request.GetQueryNameValuePairs().Select(pair => "Get() => " + pair.Key + ": " + pair.Value);
        //return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
    }

    //// GET api/values/5
    //public IEnumerable<string> Get(int id)
    //{
    //    return new string[] { "Get(height) => height: " + id };
    //}

    // GET api/values?height=5
    public IEnumerable<string> Get(int height) // int id)
    {
        return new string[] { "Get(height) => height: " + height };
    }

    // GET api/values?height=3
    public IEnumerable<string> Get(string height)
    {
        return new string[] { "Get(height) => height: " + height };
    }

    //// GET api/values?width=3
    //public IEnumerable<string> Get(string width)
    //{
    //    return new string[] { "Get(width) => width: " + width };
    //}

    // GET api/values?height=4&width=3
    public IEnumerable<string> Get(string height, string width)
    {
        return new string[] { "Get(height, width) => height: " + height + ", width: " + width };
    }
}

You would only need a single route for this, in case you wondered:

    config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
        name: "DefaultApi",
        routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
        defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
    );

and you could test it all with this MVC view, or something simlar. Yes, I know you aren't supposed to mix JavaScript with markup and I'm not using bootstrap like you would normally, but this is for demo purposes only.

<div class="jumbotron">
    <h1>Multiple parameters test</h1>
    <p class="lead">Click a link below, which will send an HTTP GET request with parameters to a WebAPI controller.</p>
</div>
<script language="javascript">
    function passNothing() {
        $.get("/api/values", function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passHeight(height) {
        $.get("/api/values?height=" + height, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passWidth(width) {
        $.get("/api/values?width=" + width, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passHeightAndWidth(height, width) {
        $.get("/api/values?height=" + height + "&width=" + width, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passDepth(depth) {
        $.get("/api/values?depth=" + depth, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passHeightAndDepth(height, depth) {
        $.get("/api/values?height=" + height + "&depth=" + depth, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passWidthAndDepth(width, depth) {
        $.get("/api/values?width=" + width + "&depth=" + depth, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passHeightWidthAndDepth(height, width, depth) {
        $.get("/api/values?height=" + height + "&width=" + width + "&depth=" + depth, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }

    function passWidthWithPascalCase(width) {
        $.get("/api/values?Width=" + width, function (data) { alert(data); });
    }
</script>
<div class="row">
    <button class="btn" onclick="passNothing();">Pass Nothing</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passHeight(5);">Pass Height of 5</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passWidth(8);">Pass Width of 8</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passHeightAndWidth(3, 7);">Pass Height of 3 and Width of 7</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passDepth(2);">Pass Depth of 2</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passHeightAndDepth(4, 5);">Pass Height of 4 and Depth of 5</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passWidthAndDepth(3, 5);">Pass Width of 3 and Depth of 5</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passHeightWidthAndDepth(7, 2, 9);">Pass Height of 7, Width of 2 and Depth of 9</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passHeightWidthAndDepth(7, 2, 9);">Pass Height of 7, Width of 2 and Depth of 9</button>
    <button class="btn" onclick="passWidthWithPascalCase(8);">Pass Width of 8, but with Pascal case</button>
</div>

Answer 6

    public HttpResponseMessage Get(int id,string numb)
    {

        using (MarketEntities entities = new MarketEntities())
        {
          var ent=  entities.Api_For_Test.FirstOrDefault(e => e.ID == id && e.IDNO.ToString()== numb);
            if (ent != null)
            {
                return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, ent);
            }
            else
            {
                return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "Applicant with ID " + id.ToString() + " not found in the system");
            }
        }
    }