POST a string to Web API controller in ASP.NET 4.5 and VS 2012 RC

Question

I am new to WebAPI and trying to learn it. I have an WebAPI controller to which I am trying to POST a string using WebClient from my Unit Test.

I am posting a string

Answer 1

If all you need to receive is one value, use = before the value:

var result = client.UploadString(_webapiUrl, "POST", "=hello"); // NOTE '='