Missing formdata in angular

Question

I am trying to pass values from angular to a web api.

Currently what I have for angular which does communicate with the webapi since I have it counting when something connects to it.

var data = new FormData();
data.append("x", "1");
data.append("y", "2");
$scope.http({ method: 'PUT', url: urltowebapi, data: data });

What I have on the webapi side is supposed to read the values but it always comes back as {}.

HttpContent req = Request.Content;
string str = req.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

If you're using Microsoft Web API, why are you reading content directly from the Request rather than using JSON serialization to pass the data to your controller? — Justin Niessner
– Justin Niessner, Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 20:03
Attempting to throw everything I could think of at the wall and see what would work. I've been staring at this all day and kind of gave up logic awhile ago. — user2920788
– user2920788, Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 20:05
The web api is going to come in through a controller. Could you post the code for it please? — Adam Zuckerman
– Adam Zuckerman, Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 1:16

user2920788 · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05 14:09:09Z

1

Somehow I got it.

In angluar I am passing the data.

$scope.http({ method: 'PUT', url: controllerurl, data: { data: data } });

And in my controller I read it and deserialize the json. I think it was how I had the angular passing the data before but I don't know.

HttpContent req = Request.Content;
string str = req.ReadAsStringAsync().Result; 
var jObj = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(str);
string data= jObj["data"].ToString();

answered Mar 5, 2014 at 14:09

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