Trying to get Grid to work using WebAPI

[Toffer]

Hello,

 I've been struggling to get my grid to work with an Web API...I know the WebAPI works when I call it via web browser, I get a properly formatted json response, however I can't seem to get it to work when calling it with the datasource for the grid.  I've tried using .Ajax() and .WebApi() and neither seems to work.

I also created a Action in my controller that returns the same information as the WebAPI just to see if I could get it to work using the Controller / Action and it worked just fine there, but I really wanted to use the Web API.  Here's the code I'm trying to use...can anyone see anything obviously wrong?

 

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<DefectFeature>()
        .Columns(column =>
        {
            column.Bound(df => df.Name)
                .Title("Name");
            column.Bound(df => df.LastUpdate)
                .Title("Last Update");
        })
        .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
            .WebApi()
            .Read(read => read.Url("http://cmd-roswell.redmond.corp.microsoft.com/api/DataMaintenance/GetDefectFeatures").Type(HttpVerbs.Get)))
        .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "height:300px;" })
        .Name("LKGBuildsGrid")
        .Scrollable()
        .Selectable()
        .Sortable())

[Toffer]

Since I haven't been able to figure out what to do here, I have created controller actions that replicate what the Web APIs do so I can unblock myself and move forward with designing the web app, however I would really love to forget using the controller actions and just use all Web APIs.  If anyone knows how to solve this or can help me troubleshoot my way though figuring out what's wrong, that would be great.  :)

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello Toffer,

 

An example of Kendo UI Grid with full CRUD operations and WebAPI is available here:

https://github.com/telerik/ui-for-aspnet-mvc-examples/tree/master/grid/webapi-crud

 

Please check it out and let me know if it helps.

 

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik

[Toffer]

Thanks for the response, I'll give this a try.  :)

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello Toffer,

 

In case you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik