Get object from IHttpActionResult response c#

Question

I am using and Web API to perform some task, and when the task is finished the API return me a object in the OK method.

The code:

[Route("upload")]
[HttpPost]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> PostFormData()
{
    //Create the object
    var blob = new BlobUploadModel();

    //Do some tasks
    ...

    //Return
    return Ok(blob);
}

How can I get this blob object in the response which, I think, should be a IHttpActionResult?

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Web API will serialize your instance of BlobUploadModel into the MIME type specified in the client request Accept: header. The serialized blob will then be attached to the response body.

Your client that calls this action will need to deserialize the contents of the response body back to a BlobUploadModel. JSON.Net is a great library for serialization/deserialization between JSON objects and CLR objects. To deserialize a JSON response back to a BlobUploadModel using JSON.Net you can use the following:

 var blob = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<BlobUploadModel>(responseBody);

Keep in mind that your client project will need to know what a BlobUploadModel is.