webapi filter properties from dictionary<string,string>

Question

I return a IQueriable<Dictionary<string,string>> in my POST method. I want to be able to apply OData filter on the dictionary. For example:

dictionary is

Key = Place
Value = New York

my filter is ?$filter=Place eq 'New York'

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But I get an error: ":"Instance property 'Place' is not defined for type 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String

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Answer 1

Found a solution with third party lib. LinqToQuerystring

var queryValue = Request.RequestUri.ParseQueryString(); return _dictionary.LinqToQuerystring(queryValue.ToString());