How to send data from URL to Post Request Method? - asp.net

Question

i'm developing an MVC4 application and using Web API for my web services to send data for android application and i need some testing on the results so when i use GET Request Method i put in the browser this URL
http://localhost:2100/api/Accounts/LogIn?UserName=Fadi&PassWord=123456
this is my method
[HttpGet]
public ConfrmationMessage LogIn(string UserName, string PassWord)
{
ConfrmationMessage flag = new ConfrmationMessage();
if (WebSecurity.Login(UserName, PassWord))
{
flag.status = "LogedIn";
return flag;
}
else
{
flag.status = "The user name or password provided is incorrect.";
return flag;
}
}
and every thing work fine but when i'm using an [HttpPost] and use this URL again
http://localhost:2100/api/Accounts/LogIn?UserName=Fadi&PassWord=123456
it give me this error
{"Message":"The requested resource does not support http method 'GET'."}
so i did do some search and find that the post method use anther way to put data from URL link but still can not understand how to write the correct URL for the post method so any help and thanks in advance.

Answer 1

you submit a post request via a form element like so (there are more attributes you can add but you can look these up easily.
<form action="~/api/Accounts/LogIn" method="POST">
<!--input elements here -->
</form>
or through an ajax call (requires jquery)
$.ajax({
url: "~/api/Accounts/LogIn",
type: "POST",
data: { UserName: "Fadi", PassWord: "123456" }
success: function(result) {
//do something when response is successful (result is the response)
},
error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
//will return exception info from server
//jqXHR is the request in xml format
//textStatus is the description of the exception (if there is one)
//errorThrown is the excception object thrown (if there is one)
}
});