Question

I have a Web API controller that accepts an Inspection model, i.e.

public class Inspection
{
    public int ID {get; set;}
}

and I have create a POST method on the controller. This works fine and I have tested it with jQuery.

In my javascript page I create an Inspection, i.e.

var inspection = {
    ID: '123456'
};

and then do $.ajax like this:

var p = $.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'http://...',
    cache: false,
    data: JSON.stringify(item),
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function(response) {
        //do stuff
    }
});

So my question is: if I have multiple inspections to post, how do I send them all to the controller either in one batch or in single batches?

Answer 1

POST’ing multiple integers in a single call should be easy to do. A few quick things to check:

1. In your controller, does your method signature look something like:

   public void Post([FromBody]int[] values) { // code here }
   

   Note the use of the [FromBody] attribute.

2. In your POST, is the content type header set to “Content-Type: application/json“?