ASP.NET Web API POST parameter is null

Question

(To clarify, I have read other questions and their answers and tried all solutions, but none of them solved the issue)

I\'m debugging locally a code that I\'ll deplo

Answer 1

For what it's worth, I got sick of trying to get it to serialize correctly and did it myself.

My data is a javascript array of strings which posts like "value=thing1,thing2,thing3" and I was able to serialize it using the following:

    $('<form>', {
        "id": "dynamicForm",
        "html": '<input type="hidden" id="val" name="val" value="' + $scope.items + '" />',
        "action": '/api/Example/',
        "method": "post"
    }).appendTo(document.body).submit();

Then on the server side:

[HttpPost]
[Route("")]
public HttpResponseMessage Post()
{
    var values = HttpContext.Current.Server.UrlDecode(Request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result).Replace("val=","").Split(',');
...
}

Answer 2

I believe the default model binder does not bind to fields, only properties with a public setter. Try changing your fields to properties:

public class PlayerEntry
{
    public string userID { get; set; }
    public string userName { get; set; }
    public int userProgress { get; set; }
}