POST JSON with MVC 4 API Controller

Question

I have this code:

   $.ajax({


        type: \"POST\",
        url: \"/api/slide\",
        cache: false,
        contentType: \"application/json; charset=u         


        

Answer 1

Define a view model:

public class SlideViewModel
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
}

then have your controller action take this view model as argument:

public class SlideController : ApiController
{
    // POST /api/Slide
    public void Post(SlideViewModel model)
    {
        ...
    }
}

finally invoke the action:

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: '/api/slide',
    cache: false,
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    data: JSON.stringify({ title: "fghfdhgfdgfd" }),
    success: function() {
        ...    
    }
});

The reason for that is that simple types such as strings are bound from the URI. I also invite you to read the following article about model binding in the Web API.