web-api POST body object always null

Question

I\'m still learning web API, so pardon me if my question sounds stupid.

I have this in my StudentController:

public HttpResponseMessage          


        

Answer 1

It can be helpful to add TRACING to the json serializer so you can see what's up when things go wrong.

Define an ITraceWriter implementation to show their debug output like:

class TraceWriter : Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.ITraceWriter
{
    public TraceLevel LevelFilter {
        get {
            return TraceLevel.Error;
        }
    }

    public void Trace(TraceLevel level, string message, Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("JSON {0} {1}: {2}", level, message, ex);
    }
}

Then in your WebApiConfig do:

    config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.TraceWriter = new TraceWriter();

(maybe wrap it in an #if DEBUG)