Both GET and POST on webapi with POST with a parameter but GET with no param

Question

I am trying a webapi which will support both GET and POST but the POST method needs to pass an alphanumeric parameter BUT GET should ignore any parameters.

        [HttpPost]
        [HttpGet]
        [Route("payment")]
        public virtual async Task<HttpResponseMessage> PaymentBase([FromBody] string hostOtp)
        {
            return await ((IApiPaymentController)this).Payment(hostOtp);
        }

I tried ,

PaymentBase([FromBody] string hostOtp) and
PaymentBase([FromBody] string hostOtp="")
PaymentBase(string hostOtp="")

with this approach PaymentBase(string hostOtp="") GET works fine,but with POST hostOtp is never getting binded.

This is the postman code,

var settings = {
  "async": true,
  "crossDomain": true,
  "url": "http://localhost:5094/api/payment/Payment",
  "method": "POST",
  "headers": {
    "securitytoken": "0WnIxDep1knex1P13FmTWFKmIOBhgyc",
    "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
    "cache-control": "no-cache",
    "postman-token": "123d6825-c723-732d-737c-1964dd8f271f"
  },
  "data": {
    "hostOtp": "eqweef"
  }
}

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

while firing from postman with [FromBody] string hostOtp getting error,

"No MediaTypeFormatter is available to read an object of type 'String' from content with media type 'application/octet-stream'."

If you need this `PaymentBase(string hostOtp="")` to work with POST method then you need to check my answer here => https://stackoverflow.com/a/35389449/797882 — CodeNotFound, Apr 24 '18 at 14:30
@FelixToo the GET is already in production for Mobile Apps,cannot touch that,new requirement needs to pass this parameter as well — sajanyamaha, Apr 24 '18 at 14:34
please while downvoting let me know if I am in to wrong direction ? — sajanyamaha, Apr 24 '18 at 14:42

ElasticCode · Answer 1 · 2018-04-25T08:05:39.157

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As you are Posting primitive type in the request body, you will need to wrap the string value in double quotes in your post

"data": '"eqweef"'

Or if the value coming from a variable

"data": '"' + hostOtp + '"'

Also, you need to explicitly declare that parameter is coming in the request body using [FromBody] and I see you did that.

[FromBody] string hostOtp

edited Apr 25 '18 at 08:05

answered Apr 25 '18 at 07:57

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