What's the REST URL syntax for passing a nested complex type?

Question

What's the URL syntax for passing an object with a nested object to my ASP.NET Web API GET method? Is this possible? http://mydomain/mycontroller?...

Mycontroller GET method:

 public void Get([FromUri]MyType myType) { ... }

C# types:

public class MyType
{
  public string Name { get; set; }
  public NestedType Foo { get; set; }
}

public class NestedType
{
  public int Bar { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

It is possible -- try passing the URL in this format:

?myType.Foo.Bar=3&myType.Name=Maggie

Answer 2

If you're trying to implement a get that performs the following: 1) get by name 2) get by Foo.Bar

Then you could use querystring parameters. REST pass multiple inputs to GET method

If you are not really trying to do a GET and instead you are trying to POST data to the server, then you should use a POST.