Send enum value as body in Postman - enums

I'm trying to call my API using postman, but the problem I'm facing is my API is using PUT method which takes enum object as a body..
How can I send enum in postman.. please help.
export enum TestStatus {
allCandidates,
completedTest,
expiredTest,
blockedTest
}
this is my enum , I'm using Angular 2.

With a method taking the enum as the body, the enum value needs to be entered without curly brackets, simply
"expiredTest"
or
2
directly in the Body tab (with raw and JSON(application/json) and an ASP.NET Core backend).

Providing you have a method that takes [FromBody]TestStatus status as a parameter.
Click on Body tab and select raw, then JSON(application/json).
Use this Json:
{
"TestStatus": "expiredTest"
}
Send!
I think above is your case as you stated: "take enum object as a body". Below are some more trivial ingredients:
If you have a parameter like [FromBody]MyClass class and its definition as
public class MyClass
{
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public TestStatus ClassStatus { get; set; }
}
Then you modify your Json as:
{
"Id": "28fa119e-fd61-461e-a727-08d504b9ee0b",
"ClassStatus": "expiredTest"
}

Just pass 0,1,2... interger in the json body to pass enum objects.
Choose 0 if required to pass the first enum object.
Exmple:
{
"employee": 0
}

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Hot Chocolate can't set default value for field of input type

I have a class with an enum field declared like this:
public class PostPhotoInput
{
[DefaultValue(PhotoCategory.Portrait)]
public PhotoCategory Category { get; set; }
}
I expect it to produce SDL that looks like this:
input PostPhotoInput {
category: PhotoCategory = PORTRAIT
}
Instead, when I reload the docs in Altair, I get the error:
Could not parse the native value of input field 'PostPhotoInput.category'.
How do I get the desired SDL?
This is a bug that will be fixed with this PR:
https://github.com/ChilliCream/hotchocolate/pull/4129

Web API method with FromUri attribute is not working in Postman

I have written the below simple Web API method.
[HttpGet]
[HttpPost]
public int SumNumbers([FromUri]Numbers calc, [FromUri]Operation op)
{
int result = op.Add ? calc.First + calc.Second : calc.First - calc.Second;
return op.Double ? result * 2 : result;
}
Below is the model class for Numbers:
public class Numbers
{
public int First { get; set; }
public int Second { get; set; }
}
Below is the model class for Operation:
public class Operation
{
public bool Add { get; set; }
public bool Double { get; set; }
}
Below is how I am trying to test in Postman. But, as you can see I am getting "0" as output. When debugged the code, understood that values are not passing from Postman into code.
One another user also posted the same problem here. But, whatever the resolution he showed, I am doing already, but I am not getting answer.
Can anyone please suggest where I am doing wrong?
There are 2 major issues with your post, firstly your controller (due to [FromUri]
binding) is specifying that the arguments need to be passed as Query String parameters and not Http Header values.
The second issue is that you have defined two complex type parameters that you want to obtain the values form the URI, this is not supported.
How to pass in Uri complex objects without using custom ModelBinders or any serialization?
This is a great writeup on how to fully exploit the [FromUriAttribute][2] up to ASP.Net Core 2.2, many of the principals apply to the FromQueryAttribute which is still used the current in ASP.Net 6.
We can use [FromUri] to bind multiple primitive typed parameters, or we can bind 1 single complex typed parameter. You cannot combine the two concepts, the reason for this is that when a complex type is used ALL of the query string arguments are bound to that single complex type.
So your options are to create a new complex type that combines all the properties from both types, or declare all the properties of both types as primitive parameters to the method:
http://localhost:29844/api/bindings/SumNumbers1?First=3&Second=2&Add=True&Double=False
http://localhost:29844/api/bindings/SumNumbers2?First=3&Second=2&Add=True&Double=False
[HttpGet]
[HttpPost]
public int SumNumbers1([FromUri] int First, [FromUri] int Second, [FromUri] bool Add, [FromUri] bool Double)
{
int result = Add ? First + Second : First - Second;
return Double ? result * 2 : result;
}
[HttpGet]
[HttpPost]
public int SumNumbers2([FromUri] SumRequest req)
{
int result = req.Add ? req.First + req.Second : req.First - req.Second;
return req.Double ? result * 2 : result;
}
public class SumRequest
{
public int First { get; set; }
public int Second { get; set; }
public bool Add { get; set; }
public bool Double { get; set; }
}
It is also technically possible to use a nested structure, where you wrap the multiple complex with a single outer complex type. Depending on your implementation and host constraints you may need additional configuration to support using . in the query parameters, but a nested or wrapped request implementation would look like this:
http://localhost:29844/api/bindings/SumNumbers3?Calc.First=3&Calc.Second=2&Op.Add=True&Op.Double=False
[HttpGet]
[HttpPost]
public int SumNumbers3([FromUri] WrappedRequest req)
{
int result = req.Op.Add ? req.Calc.First + req.Calc.Second : req.Calc.First - req.Calc.Second;
return req.Op.Double ? result * 2 : result;
}
public class WrappedRequest
{
public Numbers Calc { get; set; }
public Operation Op { get; set; }
}
It is also possible to use a combination of Http Headers and query string parameters, however these are generally harder (less common) to manage from a client perspective.
It is more common with complex parameter scenarios (not to mention more REST compliant) to force the caller to use POST to access your calculation endpoint, then multiple complex types are simpler to support from both a client and API perspective.
If you want to receive parameters using FromUri, shouldn't you pass them in the URL when doing the GET call? A simpler call would be something like this:
[HttpGet]
[Route("{first:int}/{second:int}")]
public int SumNumbers([FromUri]int first, [FromUri]int second)
{
return first+second;
}
And in Postman your call should be more like this (the url)
http://localhost:29844/api/bindings/SumNumbers/5/7
and this would return 12!
Now if you want to pass First and Second as headers and not in the url then you don't want to use FromUri and then your code would change a little bit (you will then need to read the request and dissect it to get every header alone. Something like this:
HttpRequestMessage request = Request ?? new HttpRequestMessage();
string first = request.Headers.GetValues("First").FirstOrDefault();
string second = request.Headers.GetValues("Second").FirstOrDefault();

What is wrong with this ASP.Net and Fiddler example?

I am using Visual Studio 2012 RC. I am using the default routes and have the following Web API controller:
public class FooController : ApiController
{
// GET api/foo
public IEnumerable<string> Get()
{
return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
}
// GET api/foo/5
public string Get(int id)
{
return "value";
}
// POST api/foo
public string Post(string abc)
{
Console.WriteLine("value: {0}", abc);
return "foo" + abc;
}
// PUT api/foo/5
public void Put(int id, string value)
{
}
// DELETE api/foo/5
public void Delete(int id)
{
}
}
I wanted to do a simple test of POST in Fiddler, so I have
Request Headers
User-Agent: Fiddler
Content-Type: application/json
Request Body
{"abc": "def"}
When I debug the request, the parameter abc comes in as null, not "def". Is there something wrong with my Fiddler syntax?
(1) By default, simple types are taken from the URI. To read a simple type from the request body, add the [FromBody] attribute to the parameter.
public string Post([FromBody] string abc)
(2) '{"abc": "def"}' defines an object with a property named "abc" - to send a JSON string, the request body should just be "def"
This answer comes from a link on the ASP.Net Web API site sending-html-form-data , which turns out to be Mike's blog post (I didn't realize that at first). The Web API team has made a few decisions with parameter binding that are quite different from normal MVC controllers.
The correct syntax for sending "simple types" is
public HttpResponseMessage PostSimple([FromBody] string value)
{
// code goes here
And in Fiddler, you put
=def //THIS CANNOT HAVE QUOTES AND = IS MANDATORY
OK, so here are the parts that work very differently from MVC.
You must use [FromBody], as Mike says.
You can only have 1 parameter. If you want more than 1 parameter, you have 2 choices: i) use url query parameters, instead of request body or ii) use a complex object (i.e. your own class).
The request body should be a simple =def and cannot use named parameters.

How to Parse Json webService response in WP7

I want to display data in Listbox without using any DLL.And my webservice responding in json format.
My Web service Response is as below.it has more than 800 records
[
{
"st_id":"1",
"st_name":"name xyz"
},
{
"st_id":"2",
"st_name":"name ABC"
},
{
"st_id":"3",
"st_name":"name HIJK"
},
{
"st_id":"4",
"st_name":"name OPQ"
},
]
my Class for the data is as below
[DataContract]
public class Student
{
[DataMember=("st_id")]
public bool st_id { get; set; }
[DataMember=("st_name")]
public string st_name { get; set; }
}
i m trying serialize object using DataContractJsonSerializer & m getting WS response in Stream.But i am not able to serialize.Suggest links or basic tutorial for Serilize and Deserilize of the json
DataContractJsonSerializer stdserialize =
new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Student));
Student stuser = (Student)stdserialize.ReadObject(responseStream);
so please help for the json response parsing & suggest link for datacontract and all which gives knowledge from basics.
Thanks,
You declared st_id as a bool, but the type of data you're trying to deserialize is string (which can be converted to numbers - not to booleans). Try declaring it as string and it should work.
Also, the response is an array of objects, so the type you should use is Student[]:
DataContractJsonSerializer stdserialize =
new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Student[]));
Student stuser = (Student[])stdserialize.ReadObject(responseStream);

Get full name of Complex Type from ModelClientValidationRequiredIfRule method in custom ValidationAttribute

I am using the example at The Complete Guide To Validation In ASP.NET MVC 3 to create a RequiredIf validation attribute (it's about 1/3 down the page under the heading of "A more complex custom validator"). It all works fine with the exception of one scenario, and that is if I have the need to validate against a complex type. For example, I have the following model:
public class MemberDetailModel
{
public int MemberId { get; set; }
// Other model properties here
public MemberAddressModel HomeAddress { get; set; }
public MemberAddressModel WorkAddress { get; set; }
}
public class MemberAddressModel
{
public bool DontUse { get; set; }
// Other model properties here
[RequiredIf("DontUse", Comparison.IsEqualTo, false)]
public string StreetAddress1 { get; set; }
}
The problem is that when the attribute validation for the StreetAddress property is rendered, it get's decorated with the attribute of data-val-requiredif-other="DontUse". Unfortunately, since the address is a sub-type of the main model, it needs to be decorated with a name of HomeAddress_DontUse and not just DontUse.
Strangely enough, the validation works fine for server-side validation, but client-side unobtrusive validation fails with an JS error because JS can't find the object with a name of just "DontUse".
Therefore, I need to find a way to change the ModelClientValidationRequiredIfRule method to know that the property it is validating is a sub-type of a parent type, and if so, prepend the ParentType_ to the "otherProperty" field (e.g. otherProperty becomes HomeAddress_DontUse.
I have tried passing in typeof(MemberAddressModel) as a parameter of the attribute, but even when debugging the attribute creation, I can't seem to find any reference to the parent type of HomeAddress or WorkAddress from that type.
Based on the suggestion from The Flower Guy, I was able to come up with the following which seems to work. I simply modified the following in the customValidation.js file:
jQuery.validator.addMethod("requiredif", function (value, element, params) {
if ($(element).val() != '') return true;
var prefix = getModelPrefix(element.name); // NEW LINE
var $other = $('#' + prefix + params.other); // MODIFIED LINE
var otherVal = ($other.attr('type').toUpperCase() == "CHECKBOX") ? ($other.attr("checked") ? "true" : "false") : $other.val();
return params.comp == 'isequalto' ? (otherVal != params.value) : (otherVal == params.value);
});
I also added the following method to that file (within the JQuery block so as to be only privately accessible):
function getModelPrefix(fieldName) {
return fieldName.substr(0, fieldName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1).replace(".","_");
}
Cannot do it exactly right now, but the problem is in the client javascript function:
jQuery.validator.addMethod("requiredif" ...
The js is not sophisticated enough to cope with complex view models where there may be a model prefix. If you take a look at Microsoft's jquery.validate.unobstrusive.js (in the Scripts folder over every MVC3 application), you will find some useful methods including getModelPrefix and appendModelPrefix. You can take a similar approach and change the requiredIf validation method - take a look at the equalto method in jquery.validate.unobstrusive.js for a helping hand.

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