Passing S.O.U.S. "Under the Table" to a Web API Method
Once you know how, it's easy to pass a S.O.U.S. (String Of Unusual Size - see the movie "The Princess Bride" if you don't understand that) to a Web API method. Here's how:
CLIENT Code
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ProcessRESTPostXMLFileAsStr
("http://Platypus:28642/api/Platypi/PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr?serialNum=192837465&siteNum=42");
}
private void ProcessRESTPostXMLFileAsStr(string uri)
{
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@"C:\Platypus\eXtraneousMothLepidoptera.XML"))
{
String line;
while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
sb.AppendLine(line);
}
}
string allLines = "=" + sb.ToString();
var result = client.UploadString(uri, "POST", allLines);
}
}
Obviously (hopefully), you need to replace the IP Address, Port, Controller name, and arg vals in the ProcessRESTPostXMLFileAsStr() arg
, also the location of the file to read in that method.
Here, Now, is the SERVER (Web API App) Code
[Route("api/Platypi/PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr")]
public void PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr([FromBody] string value, string serialNum, string siteNum)
{
string s = string.Format("{0}{1}{2}", value, serialNum, siteNum);
}
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