Question

I’d like to create an endpoint that is the front end for a query service and I’d like to support a scenario where any number of arguments can be passed into the service via querystring parameters.

This is the sort of URL I want:

/queries/MyQuery?argument1=value&arg2=value

The DTO object structure itself is fairly straightforward (a property such as Dictionary<string, object>) but I’m stuck on what the route should look like. Is this possible via the RouteAttribute or do I need to go another direction?

Answer 1

Here’s a good answer that explains Routing in ServiceStack.

Only the PathInfo is apart of the Route, the Request DTOs on all routes/services are also automatically populated based on the Request Params on the QueryString/FormData etc.

So if you know what the QueryString is going to be you can just add it as properties on the Request DTO and they will get automatically populated.

If you don’t know what they are, but you still want access to the QueryString you can get it from the base.Request property in your Service, e.g:

 class MyServices : Service 
 {
     public object Get(MyQuery request) 
     {
        foreach (var entry in base.Request.QueryString) {
            ...
        }
     }
 }