Send array as part of x-www-form-urlencoded

Question

I want to send array using postman. the request looks like this:

Im using postman to execute requests. I found on the internet to send array via form-data or raw. But I need them to be send as x-www-form-urlencoded. I tried it this way:

But its wrong because value ads is string not array.

You can use the above style but just remove `[]` from the value like `1,2,3` from `[1,2,3]` I have done it, It was working fine!! — KNDheeraj, Jan 14 '19 at 13:14
This basically works as `1,2,3.split(',')` so it will give `1` `2` `3` but if your sending "abc,@mail.com","de,f@mail.com" then it would give `abc` `@mail.com` `de` `f@mail.com`. If this is not what your looking then you must have to follow write it in below style where we repeat same key — KNDheeraj, Jan 14 '19 at 13:23

El Bayames · Answer 1 · 2018-12-20T21:44:50.357

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I had a bit of a more complex objects. A class emaillist

public class emailist
{
    public String id { get; set; }
    public String emailaddress { get; set; }
    public String name { get; set; }
}

A class emailRecipientList

public class emailRecipientList
{
    public String procedure { get; set; }
    public String server { get; set; }
    public String filename { get; set; }
    public String fileid { get; set; }
    public List<emailist> emaillists { get; set; }

}

And a Task

public async Task<System.Xml.XmlElement> postUploadEmailRecipientList([FromBody] emailRecipientList recipientList)

Now to send the data as "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

If more elements need to get added just keep increasing the array index. I tested it on a asp.net WebAPI 2 project and worked fine.

edited Dec 20 '18 at 21:44

answered Dec 20 '18 at 21:32

El Bayames

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This should be the best answer as this actually solves the question the the author had originally. – Darktega Apr 25 '19 at 00:52
unfortunately, the emaillists[Index][id] doesn't work for me , when I check postman body request it shows "emaillists[Index][id] " = "115" do you've any Idea why ? – Emad Jan 11 '21 at 10:52
This is the only answer that works for complex objects. Thank you so much. – Saurabh Padwekar Mar 06 '23 at 06:40

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited May 26 '18 at 18:24

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If you want to pass 1,2,3 in array ads , try with below screenshot

edited May 26 '18 at 18:24

Ikbel

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answered Jan 11 '18 at 11:06

sandeep vishwakarma

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it is actually postman screenshot so, no coding things are required. – sandeep vishwakarma Jan 12 '18 at 07:24
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Does it work the same way when you want to add a JSON object as one of the keys? – Taslim Oseni May 21 '20 at 14:05

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '18 at 20:56

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Just figured out how it's done, same as in html forms

cheers

answered Oct 29 '18 at 20:56

Magus

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Does it work the same way when you want to add a JSON object as one of the keys? – Taslim Oseni May 21 '20 at 14:05
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Kind of, be aware that it is not going to be handled as a json but as a string. If you are using it as a GET parameter, you should url escape or to base64 encode to avoid data corruption. – Magus May 22 '20 at 19:52
That's helpful. Thank you. – Taslim Oseni May 22 '20 at 23:02

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '17 at 12:09

I wasnt able to solve it via x-www-form-urlencoded even I found solutions like ads[].id, ads[0].id, ads.id,... It wasnt working. So I had to write it as raw. and in headers section change it this way.

And the body is:

{ "deleted": "false",
  "ads": 
  [
    {
      "id": 15
    },
    {
      "id": 20
    }
  ]
}

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 08 '22 at 09:17

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Just Use the key without square brackets

answered Sep 08 '22 at 09:17

Lalit Kumar

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 18 '21 at 21:07

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check this image

i think you can just repeat the same key and give it different value id for example

edited Feb 18 '21 at 21:07

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answered Feb 18 '21 at 18:25

haroun EZZAHRAOUI

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 19 '19 at 18:10

For adding array as value, click Bulk Edit in body tab of postman.

It will allow you to input of key value pairs in blank area.

Enter the data of key value pair as below:

Id:1

FirstName:John

LastName:Smith

For adding bytes of Image in ImageData key array generate the byte array of image and enter or copy/paste as below:

Id:1

FirstName:John

LastName:Smith

ImageData:255

ImageData:216

ImageData:255

...

...

This will send the data in array for key ImageData.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 05 '20 at 17:16

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Try the below screenshot:

My postman version is 7.13.0.

answered Jan 05 '20 at 17:16

Sajjad Alipour

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 31 '23 at 15:10

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you need to send data params separately:

--data 'some[0]=123'
--data 'some[1]=345'

or:

--data 'some[0][key1]=123'
--data 'some[0][key2]=345'

its will be work

answered Aug 31 '23 at 15:10

artem_rrrrrr

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Send array as part of x-www-form-urlencoded

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