Web API 2 POST request simulation in POSTMAN Rest Client

Question

I am using ASP.NET Web API 2 with attribute routing.

I have the following PlayerModel.

public class PlayerModel {     public int Id { get; set; }     public string Key { get; set; }     public string Name { get; set; }     public string Password { get; set; }     public int TeamId { get; set; }     public PlayerStatModel Stat{ get; set; } }   public class PlayerStatModel  {     public int PlayerId { get; set; }     public string FirstName { get; set; }     public string LastName { get; set; }     public string Title { get; set; }     public string EmailAddress { get; set; }     public IEnumerable<PhoneNumberModel> PhoneNumbers { get; set; }      public int TeamId { get; set; } }  public class PhoneNumberModel {     public string Value { get; set; }     public string Extension { get; set; } } 

Which in turn is passed into PostPlayer for player creation.

[HttpPost("", RouteName = "PostPlayer")] public PlayerModel PostPlayer(PlayerModel player) {     var playerObject = this.GetObject(player));     this._manager.CreatePlayer(playerObject );      return this.GetPlayer(playerObject.Id); } 

My integration tests pass and I am able to verify that player is indeed created when CreatePlayer is invoked.

How can I model this POST request in the POSTMAN Rest Client in Google Chrome?

Answer 1

Well, make sure that you specify raw and set the Content-Type request header to application/json. And then go ahead and specify the body of the POST request that will match your view model structure:

{     "id": 1,     "key": "some key",     "name": "some name of course",     "password": "the hyper secret",     "teamId": 256,     "stat": {         "playerId": 115,         "firstName": "John",         "lastName": "Smith",         "title": "His Royal Majesty",         "emailAddress": "[email protected]",         "phoneNumbers": [             { "value": "123", "extension": "05" },             { "value": "456", "extension": "45" }         ],         "teamId": 678     } } 

So your actual payload's gonna look like that at protocol level:

POST /NFL/Players HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:9888 Content-Type: application/json Content-Length: 582  {     "id": 1,     "key": "some key",     "name": "some name of course",     "password": "the hyper secret",     "teamId": 256,     "stat": {         "playerId": 115,         "firstName": "John",         "lastName": "Smith",         "title": "His Royal Majesty",         "emailAddress": "[email protected]",         "phoneNumbers": [             { "value": "123", "extension": "05" },             { "value": "456", "extension": "45" }         ],         "teamId": 678     } }