How to pass XML as POST to an ActionResult in ASP MVC .NET

Question

I am trying to provide a simple RESTful API to my ASP MVC project. I will not have control of the clients of this API, they will be passing an XML via a POST method that wi

Answer 1

Why can they not pass the xml as a string in the form post?

Example:

public ActionResult SendMeXml(string xml)
{
  //Parse into a XDocument or something else if you want, and return whatever you want.
  XDocument xmlDocument = XDocument.Parse(xml);

  return View();
}

You could create a form post and send it in a single form field.