Pass Json string to Web API with contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

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Hello,

I'm trying to implement a method which will have contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' which will be expecting json string as an input.

Sample Json request -
{
'amount': '2500.00',
'buyer': 'foo@example.com',
'buyer_name': 'John Doe',
'buyer_phone': '9999999999',
'currency': 'INR',
'fees': '125.00',
'longurl': 'https://www.instamojo.com/@dalan/264a89803cec4401862f01e28f720eca',
'mac': '1ddf3b78f84d071324c0bf1d3f095898267d60ee',
'payment_id': 'MOJO5a06005J21512197',
'payment_request_id': '264a89803cec4401862f01e28f720eca',
'purpose': 'FIFA 16',
'shorturl': 'https://imjo.in/NNNXn',
'status': 'Credit'
}

Currently I have implemented the method which perfectly works fine for application/json but it is not working for contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
I want to make this workable for contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

Could anyone please provide any pointers for the same
Thank you

Posted 1-Jan-16 6:53am

sagar wasule

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Manas_Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-01T18:09:00

When you use contentType as "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", it appends append value to url. This is the default value of contentType. It looks like:

C#

?Name=Manas&Age=28

But when you use contentType as "application/json", it looks like

C#

{ Name : 'Manas', Age: 28}

So "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" is not same as "application/json".

Try with below code:

C#

public class MyCustomClass {
    public string amount{ get; set; }
    public string buyer{ get; set; }
}

Next use .net JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize to get data .Net custom object.

C#

[HttpPost]
public void Post([FromBody]string formData){
    MyCustomClass obj = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<mycustomclass>(formData);
}