Similar cases to mine have been answered before, but my specific needs always seem to differ from others' problems.
I am facing an issue where I'm sending JSON data from my HTML page to the MVC Web API, but unfortunately, the data I receive is always null, despite trying various solutions. The complexity of my data requires it to be received as a JSON string, as it cannot be easily deserialized by the Web API. I have my own custom deserializer for this purpose.
Here is the relevant code:
Firstly, the Web API controller that handles the AJAX post request:
public class ActivityController : ApiController
{
// POST api/activity
public string Post([FromBody]string json)
{
}
}
Next, the AJAX request itself:
$.ajax("/api/activity", {
contentType: "application/json",
data: { json: ko.mapping.toJSON(fusionedModel) },
type: "POST",
success: function (result) {
...
}
});
While the data appears to be rendered correctly (the same request worked fine with MVC), in my Web API controller, the "json" parameter is consistently null. Receiving the data as a JSON string is crucial for my requirements.
EDIT: I came across a similar question here: POST JSON with MVC 4 API Controller However, I am not satisfied with the suggested solution of creating an object just to encapsulate the string.