web-api post object from code behind

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i am very new to mvc web api

I have crated a web api Post method which takes an object type "Bag" and return a HTMLString the code is as shown bellow

C#

public HtmlString PostBag(Bag bagofItem)
    {
       return  Utility.PostBagDiscountedItem(bagofItem);
    }

now from my web site i wanted to call the API method PostBag from the controller PostBag()

and i am do not know how to and appreciate if some one can show me how to do this

what i have got in my web application is as bellow

C#

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    private Bag _bag = new Bag();
    private string uri = "http://localhost:54460/";

 public ActionResult PostBag()
    {


          // would some one show me how to POST the _bag to API Method PostBag()

        return View();
    }

C#

public class Bag 
{
    private static  List<Product> _bag { get; set; }

    public List<Product> GetBag ()
    {
        if (_bag == null)
            _bag = new List<Product>();
       return _bag;
    }



}

appreciate all your help

thank

Posted 25-Jul-13 0:42am

rushdy20

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Jameel VM 25-Jul-13 7:21am

why u are returning html string from webapi methods? you can return the json data from this method and can create html from the client side itself.

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Jameel VM · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25T01:30:00

Solution 1

You can post data in WebApi like below

C#

public class Bag
{
public string Name{get;set;}
}
var dataJSON = { bags: [{ Name: "Bag1", Name: "Bag2" }, 
                            { Name: "Bag4", Name: "Bag3" }] };
 $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: 'specify the url here',
            data: JSON.stringify(dataJSON),
            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
            dataType: 'json'
        });

C#

public void Post(List<Bag> bags)
{
}

Hope this helps

Posted 25-Jul-13 1:30am

Jameel VM

Updated 25-Jul-13 2:47am

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rushdy20 25-Jul-13 8:10am

is that solution is passing a string what i am after is pass the bag object which is a List<product> as shown on my class. so how to Post the list of products in the Bag object

Jameel VM 25-Jul-13 8:47am

i have update my answer.please try that