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WebApi attribute routing - Bind route parameter to an object for GETs

Currently for every GET I have to manually create a query object from the route parameters.

Is it possible to bind directly to a query object instead?

So, instead of :

[Route("{id:int}")]
public Book Get(int id) {

    var query = new GetBookByIdQuery {
        Id = id
    };

    // execute query and return result
}

I could do this:

[Route("{id:int}")]
public Book Get(GetBookByIdQuery query) {
    // execute query and return result
}

Where GetBookByIdQuery looks like:

public class GetBookByIdQuery {
    public int Id { get; set;}
}
Solution

  • to read a complex type from the URI, [FromUri] can be used 

        [Route("{id:int}")]
    public Book Get([FromUri] GetBookByIdQuery query) {

        // execute query and return result
    }

    if you request api/values/2 then id property of query object will be 2;