How to get GET parameters with ASP.NET MVC ApiController

Question

I feel a bit absurd asking this but I can\'t find a way to get parameters for a get request at /api/foo?sort=name for instance.

In the ApiControll

Answer 1

Here's an example that gets the querystring q from the request and uses it to query accounts:

        var q = Request.GetQueryNameValuePairs().Where(nv => nv.Key =="q").Select(nv => nv.Value).FirstOrDefault();
        if (q != null && q != string.Empty)
        {
            var result = accounts.Where(a=>a.Name.ToLower().StartsWith(q.ToLower()));
            return result;
        }
        else
        {
            throw new Exception("Please specify a search query");
        }

This can be called then like this:

url/api/Accounts?q=p