POST string to ASP.NET Web Api application - returns null

Question

Im trying to transmit a string from client to ASP.NET MVC4 application.

But I can not receive the string, either it is null or the post method can not be found (404

Answer 1

For WebAPI, here is the code to retrieve body text without going through their special [FromBody] binding.

public class YourController : ApiController
{
    [HttpPost]
    public HttpResponseMessage Post()
    {
        string bodyText = this.Request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
        //more code here...
    }
}