.NET Core 1.0 Web Api processing request body as JSON when content-type is text/plain

Question

A vendor API I need to use is sending a POST request with content-type: text/plain and JSON in the body.

How do I parse it in .net core 1.0 web api?

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Answer 1

I made it work by adding the text/plain content-type to the JsonInputFormatter in Startup.cs ConfigureServices() method, like so:

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddMvc(config =>
            {
                foreach (var formatter in config.InputFormatters)
                {
                    if (formatter.GetType() == typeof(JsonInputFormatter))
                        ((JsonInputFormatter)formatter).SupportedMediaTypes.Add(
                            MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("text/plain"));
                }
            });
            ...
         }

Edit: I made a seed project for the SNS client lambda, that parses the message and confirms the subscription out the box.