How to get the object from HttpActionResult Ok method (Web Api)? [duplicate]

Question

I'm learning some Web Api basics and I want to return and pass an object by Ok(object). Something like this:

[HttpGet] public IHttpActionResult Get() {     var someString = "";     return Ok(someString); } 

Now I want to test this method and to assert if the returned string from this Get() method is the same as expected. I Guess will look something like this:

[TestMethod] public void TestGet() {     IHttpActionResult result = controller.Get();     Assert.AreEqual("", result.??); } 

I saw this question but the best answer is explaining how to validate the HttpStatusCode, not the passed object.

Answer 1

You can access the returned string by casting the result to OkNegotiatedContentResult<string> and accessing its Content property.

[TestMethod] public void TestGet() {     IHttpActionResult actionResult = controller.Get();     var contentResult = actionResult as OkNegotiatedContentResult<string>;     Assert.AreEqual("", contentResult.Content); } 

Example code from: http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/testing-and-debugging/unit-testing-controllers-in-web-api