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Service will implement the POST method, which is consumed by the client to create a record. After successful creating of record using POST method your service returns HTTP status code 200. Being said that it is always feasible to return a confirmation message
or similar as you wish. But the standard practice is reutning HTTP status code (please refer below copied article snippet).
In order to read recently created record using POST method by the client, you can implement a GET method that returns a single record. Refer http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/creating-web-apis/creating-a-web-api-that-supports-crud-operations
Let me know further help.
copied from the Web API tutorial article
Creating a Resource
Next, we'll add a method to the ProductsController class to create a new product. Here is a simple implementation of the method:
// Not the final implementation!
public Product PostProduct(Product item)
{
item = repository.Add(item);
return item;
}
Note two things about this method:
- The method name starts with "Post...". To create a new product, the client sends an HTTP POST request.
- The method takes a parameter of type Product. In Web API, parameters with complex types are deserialized from the request body. Therefore, we expect the client to send a serialized representation of a product object, in either XML or JSON format.
This implementation will work, but it is not quite complete. Ideally, we would like the HTTP response to include the following:
- Response code: By default, the Web API framework sets the response status code to 200 (OK). But according to the HTTP/1.1 protocol, when a POST request results in the creation of a resource, the server should reply with status 201
(Created).
- Location: When the server creates a resource, it should include the URI of the new resource in the Location header of the response.
ASP.NET Web API makes it easy to manipulate the HTTP response message. Here is the improved implementation:
public HttpResponseMessage PostProduct(Product item)
{
item = repository.Add(item);
var response = Request.CreateResponse<Product>(HttpStatusCode.Created, item);
string uri = Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = item.Id });
response.Headers.Location = new Uri(uri);
return response;
