Passing list of object to Web API using RestSharp Client - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I'm trying to send list of objects from MVC to WEBAPI using below methods. API is able to able receive the list from controller but, value of each item in the list is either empty/null on API side.
Can anyone please help me to fix this?
Controller Method:
private List<FCM.Models.Facility> GetFacilityDetails()
{
var url = "http://localhost:64664/";
var facilies = new List<Facility>();
facilies.Add( new Facility{ FCLT_ID = 100, FCLT_NM = "Facility 100" });
facilies.Add( new Facility{ FCLT_ID = 200, FCLT_NM = "Facility 200" });
facilies.Add( new Facility{ FCLT_ID = 300, FCLT_NM = "Facility 300" });
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(facilies);
var _client = new RestClient(url);
var request = new RestRequest("api/facility/details", Method.GET) { RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json };
facilies.ForEach(fclt =>
request.AddParameter("facilites", fclt, ParameterType.GetOrPost));
var response = _client.Execute<List<FCM.Models.Facility>>(request);
if (response.Data == null)
{
throw new Exception(response.ErrorMessage);
}
return response.Data;
}
WebAPI method:
[Route("api/facility/details")]
public IEnumerable<Facility> GetFullAddress([FromUri] IEnumerable<Facility> facilities)
{
return null;
}

Answer 1

Like the comment suggested you maybe want to issue a POST request instead, but if you would like to send an array with a GETrequest you could do it like this (with System.Net.Http.HttpClient):
Add a Format method to you Facility class:
public class Facility
{
public int FCLT_ID { get; set; }
public string FCLT_NM { get; set; }
public string Format(int index)
{
return $"[{index}].FCLT_ID={FCLT_ID}&[{index}].FCLT_NM={FCLT_NM}";
}
}
Define a class which can format the array values:
public class FacilityList : List<Facility>
{
public string Format()
{
var builder = new StringBuilder();
for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
{
builder.Append(this[i].Format(i));
if(i != Count -1)
{
builder.Append("&");
}
}
return builder.ToString();
}
}
And then issue the request:
var client = new HttpClient()
{
BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:64664/"),
DefaultRequestHeaders = {Accept = {new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json")}}
};
var facilities = new FacilityList
{
new Facility {FCLT_ID = 100, FCLT_NM = "Facility 100"},
new Facility {FCLT_ID = 200, FCLT_NM = "Facility 200"},
new Facility {FCLT_ID = 300, FCLT_NM = "Facility 300"}
};
var format = facilities.Format();
var response = client.GetAsync("api/facility/details?" + format).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IEnumerable<Facility>>(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult());
This will bind to your controller action:
[Route("api/facility/details")]
public IHttpActionResult Get([FromUri] IEnumerable<Facility> facilities)
{
// Do stuff..
return Ok(facilities);
}