POST request in Web API C#

Question

I'm new in working with ASP.net. I have problem with POST request. Perhaps my code is wrong, I don't find where !

Postman sends me the error message when I try a post request :

"ExceptionType":"System.Net.Http.UnsupportedMediaTypeException","StackTrace":" à System.Net.Http.HttpContentExtensions.ReadAsAsync[T](HttpContent content, Type type, IEnumerable1 formatters, IFormatterLogger formatterLogger, CancellationToken cancellationToken)\r\n à System.Web.Http.ModelBinding.FormatterParameterBinding.ReadContentAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Type type, IEnumerable1 formatters, IFormatterLogger formatterLogger, CancellationToken cancellationToken)"}

Here is my code :

// POST: api/Boooks
[Route("~/api/PostCreate")]
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] Books books)
{
    if (!ModelState.IsValid)
        return BadRequest("Invalid data.");

Did you add 'Content-type': 'application/json' header in postman? — bobek
Does this answer your question? Error posting JSON to Web API 2 : The request entity's media type 'text/plain' is not supported for this resource — Jamshaid K.

Sivu47 Sivu47 · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-04T21:46:27

If you left it at default, then you will probably find that you need to set the application content type in post man as part of your headers info.

By Default I think asp.net core expects the content type to be of application/json. and your post man call is most likely sending it as text/html.

See your headers sent, make the changes and see the results.

POST request in Web API C#

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