How do I extract content from HttpResponseMessage from POST when using WEB API?

Question

A pretty typical CRUD operation will result in an object having its Id set once persisted.

So if I have Post method on the controller which accepts an object (JSON

Answer 1

You can use ReadAsAsync

.NET 4 (you can do that without continuations as well)

var resultTask = client.PostAsJsonAsync("http://localhost/api/service",new MyObject()).ContinueWith(t => {
    var response = t.Result;
    var objectTask = response.Content.ReadAsAsync().ContinueWith(u => {
        var myobject = u.Result;
        //do stuff 
    });
});

.NET 4.5

    var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("http://localhost/api/service", new MyObject());
    var myobject = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync();