How to use send POST request with AJAX in Razor Pages?

Question

I am trying to send a POST request with AJAX but getting status code 400 ("error"). This is my code.

namespace xx.WebApp.Pages.Dependency
{
    public class CreateModel : PageModel
    {        
        public IActionResult OnGet(string test) {

            return Page();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> OnPostAsync([FromBody] CreateDependencyRequest createDependencyRequest) {
            return new JsonResult("Test");
        }
    }
}

I troubleshoot it by sending a GET request and it works as expected. I test them by putting a breakpoint at the method.

This is how I send the GET request.

$.ajax({
    url: `/Dependency/Create?test=1`,
    type: 'GET',
    dataType: 'json',                
    contentType: 'application/json',
    data: JSON.stringify(formData),
    success: function (data) {
        debugger
        console.log(data);
    },
    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        debugger
        console.log(textStatus, errorThrown);
    },
    complete: function () {
        createButton.prop('disabled', false);
    }
});

This is how I send the POST request.

$.ajax({
    url: `/Dependency/Create`,
    type: 'POST',
    dataType: 'json',                
    contentType: 'application/json',
    data: JSON.stringify(formData),
    success: function (data) {
        debugger
        console.log(data);
    },
    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        debugger
        console.log(textStatus, errorThrown);
    },
    complete: function () {
        createButton.prop('disabled', false);
    }
});

Try this [solution](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48373229/400-bad-request-when-post-ing-to-razor-page). — Dimitris Maragkos, Apr 13 '23 at 22:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '23 at 22:30

I managed to solve it already.

I just need to add this line at the program.cs (I am using .NET 6)

builder.Services.AddAntiforgery(o => o.HeaderName = "XSRF-TOKEN");

and in the form tag, I add the code below which will generate anti-forgery token.

@Html.AntiForgeryToken()

When you inspect it, you will get something like below:

<input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="CfDJ8Hqu8a0DVdlNvQtHk7hhdjABEZXfJ0BowbqYa5n5gr9RoquzRPlAQ42Ye1cqxFfoAy5IWUcOuEgp_GB7QQTM_unQNoSWXo7cdKeNG-1qDI4ygZl0yVyyOKRDufd4SqahvcNz080bisB01SC-GIC2yJLCJkKlEaUtxH6vNpF9wiZxshBBa8ZWopjKrv1sK2Mifg">

and in the Javascript, get the hidden anti-forgery token

var token = $('input[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').val();

and add it in the AJAX

$.ajax({
    url: `/Dependency/Create`,
    beforeSend: function (xhr) {
        xhr.setRequestHeader("XSRF-TOKEN",token);
    },              
    type: 'POST',
    dataType: 'json',                
    contentType: 'application/json',
    data: JSON.stringify(formData),
    success: function (data) {
        debugger
        console.log(data);
    },
    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        debugger
        console.log(textStatus, errorThrown);
    },
    complete: function () {
        createButton.prop('disabled', false);
    }
});

How to use send POST request with AJAX in Razor Pages?

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