How to render Web Api to a view?

Question

I wrote some code in webapi ValueConroller. When I try to execute it I'm getting JSON data which is by default saving to text file (IE 8.0), XML output when tried with Mozilla Firefox .

I am not sure how to display my List<country> which will be having list of countries and i am writing this method in value controller like

public IEnumarable<countrylist> getcounrty()
{
obj.method1().tolist(); // method1 will return list<country> where country is a class in my BLL
}

I want the method output to be bonded with Dropdownlist . Becoz there is no VIEW is webapi I am confused how to do it

Any ideas are appreciated.

EDIT : konckout.js is a alternative ? my colleagues ad-viced me so any best alternative mates

Your question is very unclear, can you try to add more information? — Jeroen Vannevel
– Jeroen Vannevel, Commented Mar 25, 2014 at 17:04
Is the browser asking you to open a file? Could you please show how you are returning the ActionResult from your controller method. — Ross Bush
– Ross Bush, Commented Mar 25, 2014 at 17:07
Big Daddy : well i tried little and i am confused with binding my output to display to end user ? Thinking using what ? Jeroen Vannevel :edited once plz check and let me know lrb: nope but when i tried with IE 8.0 initially asking to save later when i open a file its in JASON format but Mozilla directly displaying in XML format . BUT i need list in dropdownlist — super cool
– super cool, Commented Mar 25, 2014 at 17:17

Mark Seemann · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-25 17:12:41Z

3

Web API and MVC have different purposes.

The purpose of ASP.NET Web API is to build HTTP-based web services (also sometimes called REST services). Out of the box, it only supports

JSON
XML

although you can implement other formatters yourself, if you need to exchange data in another format. In theory, you could write a custom formatter to produce HTML, but there's no reason to do that.

If you need to produce HTML, then use ASP.NET MVC.

answered Mar 25, 2014 at 17:12

Mark Seemann

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super cool Over a year ago

nice explanation . any ideas on knockout.js linked to webapi output ?

Mark Seemann Over a year ago

That would probably work well; personally, I use AngularJS to build a SPA that consumes the HTTP API.

super cool Over a year ago

well apart from your explanation can you possibly show some links to understand WEBAPI consumption and dealing that webapi to anjular or knockout.js . Thank you

Darrel Miller Over a year ago

"Well actually" it supports text/plain and application/octet-stream out of the box too. :-)

Mark Seemann Over a year ago

@supercool I have an AngularJS sample code base here: github.com/ploeh/booking-web-ui It consumes an ASP.NET Web API.

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