Web Service SearchBoxContext is empty

[Mike]

Hello,

I'm trying to use a webapi service (based in DNN 7.2) with the RadSearchBox. Things mostly seem to be working, except that the service doesn't get the text of the search. Note that the service does get called, and, if I generate fake results, it works just fine... it just looks like the SearchBoxContext is empty. Here's what the procedure looks like:

    <AllowAnonymous()>
    <HttpPost()>
    Public Function AutoSearch(context As SearchBoxContext)
(stuff)
End Function

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Mike

[Bozhidar]

Hello Mike,

You have to access the context from the query string, so the parameter should look like so:

public SearchBoxItemData[] Get([FromUri]object context)

Then you can deserialize the context (since it comes in JSON format) and get the Text:

JavaScriptSerializer json_serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var deserializedContext = json_serializer.DeserializeObject(context) as Dictionary<string, object>;
string searchText = deserializedContext["Text"].ToString();

I've attached a little sample website to demonstrate the approach.

Regards,
Bozhidar
Telerik

[Bozhidar]

Hello Mike,

You have to access the context from the query string, so the parameter should look like so:

public SearchBoxItemData[] Get([FromUri]object context)

Then you can deserialize the context (since it comes in JSON format) and get the Text:

JavaScriptSerializer json_serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var deserializedContext = json_serializer.DeserializeObject(context) as Dictionary<string, object>;
string searchText = deserializedContext["Text"].ToString();

I've attached a little sample website to demonstrate the approach.

Regards,
Bozhidar
Telerik