how to access post web api method

Question

User-1471881183 posted

hello there,

i have a post method like below

  [HttpPost]
        public string Group(string strIput)
        {
            string strMessage = string.Empty;


            try
            {
                strMessage = m_db.CreateGroup(strIput);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                strMessage = ex.Message;
            }
            return strMessage;
        }

its working fine from postman, now i want to access this web api method from Test Project so, i did formated url with query string(No Models) so, may i know how to call this Web Api method with formated query string and get back the output message?

Answer 1

User475983607 posted

What it your test application?  JavaScript?  C#?

Answer 2

User1686398519 posted

Hi winseealn, 

You can use HttpClient to call Web API from .NET client.

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
var testvalue = "1";
var url = "https://localhost:44343/api/values/group/?strIput=" + testvalue;
HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, url);
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request);
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
     var t = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
}

Best Regards,

YihuiSun