Calling a web api method with custom object

Question

Usually I send my post request with a custom parameter and a custom return and object using

HttpClientExtension.PostAsJsonAsync<T>

This allows my to call a post method with a custom object.

Now, I want to be able to send my custom object as a parameter and return value to a GET Method.
Lets say my method signature is

[HttpGet]
public MyMethodResponse MyMethod(MyMethodRequest request)  

How can I send a request when I have an instance of MyMethodRequest ?
Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to encode MyMethodRequest onto the query string. You can either encode it as separate query string parameters or as a single one. You have handle the encoding yourself on the client side, remembering to URI-encode the parameters. Decoding is done using a custom ModelBinder or TypeConverter respectively. This article shows examples of binding a complex object on the query string.