Complex input to WebApi2 function - asp.net-mvc

Question

I've got this class in my Model:
public class GetDocParams {
public string LogonTicket { get; set; }
public int CliRid { get; set; }
public string[] ValPairs { get; set; }
public string SortBy { get; set; }
public int StartRec { get; set; }
public int EndRec { get; set; }
}
This is going to be used as input to a WebApi2 function to retrieve query results from Entity Framework.
The function takes the valPairs from input and uses it to build a query that sorts by the passed pairs, i.e.
CLI_RID=111111
DOC_NAME=Letter
would create the SQL:
WHERE CLI_RID = 111111
AND DOC_NAME = 'Letter'
I'm kind of curious, how would I pass the ValPairs, using ajax and/or WebClient?
GET or POST doesn't matter.

Answer 1

You may have to add a new class for ValPair, like the following.
public class GetDocParams {
public string LogonTicket { get; set; }
public int CliRid { get; set; }
public ValPair[] ValPairs { get; set; }
public string SortBy { get; set; }
public int StartRec { get; set; }
public int EndRec { get; set; }
}
public class ValPair {
public int CLI_RID { get; set; }
public string DOC_NAME { get; set; }
}
And you can pass values to the parameters via the following GET API call:
http://www.example.com/api/docs/getDocParams?LogonTicket=111&ValPairs[0][CLI_RID]=111111&ValPairs[0][DOC_NAME]=Letter&ValPairs[1][CLI_RID]=22222&ValPairs[1][DOC_NAME]=document&....
This should work if you know the names of the keys.