Required query string parameter in ASP.NET Core

Question

Using ASP.NET Core 1.1 with VS2015 (sdk 1.0.0-preview2-003131), I have the following controller:

public class QueryParameters
{
    public int A { get; set;          


        

Answer 1

You can consider using the model binding feature of the framework

According to documentation here: Customize model binding behavior with attributes

MVC contains several attributes that you can use to direct its default model binding behavior to a different source. For example, you can specify whether binding is required for a property, or if it should never happen at all by using the [BindRequired] or [BindNever] attributes.

So I suggest you add a BindRequiredAttribute to the model property.

public class QueryParameters
{
    [BindRequired]
    public int A { get; set; }
    public int B { get; set; }
}

From there the framework should be able to handle the binding and updating model state so that you can check the state of the model in the action

[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class ValuesController : Controller
{
    // GET api/values
    [HttpGet]
    public IActionResult Get([FromQuery]QueryParameters parameters)
    {    
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            return Ok(new [] { parameters.A.ToString(), parameters.B.ToString() });
        }
        return BadRequest();
    }        
}

The other option would be to create a custom model binder that would fault the action if the required query string is not present.

Reference: Custom Model Binding