Testing the web api that accepts JSON as input

Question

I am creating a web api that needs to accept JSON as input that is sent by the called client side application. Below is the Code

 public class SetNameController : ApiController
 {
 [HttpPost]
 public async Task<IHttpActionResult> Get([FromBody] CodeDTO.RootObject bCode)
 {
 string Bar_Code = bCode.Barcode.ToString();
 if (Bar_Code == "" || Bar_Code == null)
 { 
 ....
 return OK(response)
 }

Here I am not sure How the client application call this Web API, the URL can be just like http://localhost:41594/api/SetName can it accept the JSON? Also can I test this using PostMan or Fiddler?

• Valuator: Should be '/api/SetName/Get'. Pass the bCode parameter formatted as JSON in the request body. As a side note naming the action 'Get' but decorating it with '[HttpPost]' is confusing.
• Hussein Salman: Show the screen of the postman

Answer 1

Specify the following:

• Method: POST
• Header: Content Type

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Then, provide the payload json data in Body as raw:

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Also, change the name of the action Get which might cause confusion. If you still cannot hit your api, you can use route urls by decorating the action with [Route('yourURL')] attribute and change that accordingly in postman.