Handling enums in post request body

Question

I am creating an ASP.NET Core Web API.

I want a post body like:

{
"Name": "XYX",
"Status":"Waiting"
}

Status is an Enum:

public enum Status
{
    [Description("Waiting")]
    Waiting = 1,
    [Description("Occuring")]
    Occuring = 2,
    [Description("Stopping")]
    Stopping = 3,
}

What should I do so I that I don't get the error:

The JSON value could not be converted to PostgreSql.Enums.StatusEnum. Path:

P.S.: Tried what's mentioned here but it didn't work for me.

Answer 1

ASP.NET in .NET Core 3.0 removed the JSON.NET(Newtonsoft.Json) dependency (it is used in the link you've provided), so try using System.Text.Json's attributes: JsonStringEnumConverter and JsonConverterAttribute.

UPD Was not able to reproduce the issue you mentioned in the comment:

class MyClass
{    
    [JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter))]
    public Status MyProperty { get; set; }

    [JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter))]
    public Status MyProperty1 { get; set; }
}

var serialized = JsonSerializer.Serialize(new MyClass
{
    MyProperty = Status.Waiting,
    MyProperty1 = Status.Occuring
}); // results in string containing {"MyProperty":"Waiting","MyProperty1":"Occuring"}

var result = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MyClass>(serialized); // all properties set

Also please note that name of the Status value is used for serialization/deserialization not the value of Description attribute.