>>>>I still like you :). And I like the simplicity of populating the dropdown using Angular.js. Do you know if Angular.js would have some functions to store data into the localStorage? Or I have to do it "manually"?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for all your help! (if not for an important football game tonight, I would continue learning WebAPI tonight, but I have a contractual obligation to my team to watch them :)).
>>>
>>>Hope they won. Here's a simple example of a WebApi class:
public class MyController : ApiController
>>> {
>>> [HttpGet]
>>> [Route("customers")]
>>> public HttpResponseMessage GetCustomers()
>>> {
>>> List<Customer> customers = new List<Customer>();
>>> customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Viv", Id = 123 });
>>> customers.Add(new Customer() { Name = "Dimitry", Id = 345 });
>>> return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, customers);
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> public class Customer
>>> {
>>> public string Name { get; set; }
>>> public int Id { get; set; }
>>> }You would need to add 'config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();' in the Register method in WebApiConfig.cs. Navigating to that link (e.g. http://localhost:51123/customers ) should now show you the XML representation returned by the server. If you want Json then also add 'config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.Add(new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html"));' to WebApiConfig.cs after which you should see the JSON representation being returned.
>>>
>>>A simple example of using this api in the browser with angular (expecting Json):
<!DOCTYPE html>
>>><html ng-app="myApp" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>>><head>
>>> <title>Customers</title>
>>> <script type="text/javascript" src="/Scripts/angular.js"></script>
>>></head>
>>><body>
>>> <script type="text/javascript">
>>> var app = angular.module('myApp',[]);
>>> app.controller('customerController', ['$scope', '$http', customerController]);
>>>
>>> function customerController($scope, $http) {
>>> $scope.controller = this;
>>> var customers = [];
>>> var selectedCustomer = null;
>>> var controller = this;
>>>
>>> $http({
>>> method: 'GET',
>>> url: '/customers'
>>> }).then(function successCallback(response) {
>>> controller.customers = response.data;
>>> //Save to local storage:
>>> localStorage["Customers"] = JSON.stringify(response.data);
>>> // To retrieve later:
>>> // var customers = JSON.parse(localStorage["Customers"]);
>>> controller.selectedCustomer = response.data[0];
>>>
>>> }, function errorCallback(response) {
>>> //Handle failure here
>>> });
>>> }
>>> </script>
>>> <ng-form ng-controller="customerController">
>>> <!--Populate the dropdown-->
>>> <select data-ng-model="controller.selectedCustomer" data-ng-options="c.Name for c in controller.customers"></select>
>>> <!--Show Json for selected:-->
>>> Selected Customer: {{controller.selectedCustomer}}
>>> </ng-form>
>>></body>
>>></html>>>
>>Viv, than you very much. I will save this code and review it later. I have two "projects" between which I am jumping and the Web API is the second priority. The first one is to learn and implement the localStorage. In fact, right after this I will start another thread related to the local storage (just so that I don't violate UT's etiquette of "one question-one thread").
>>
>>(Our team won; the downside of the game is that I went to bed at 12:30 am which is way past my bed time, since I get up at 5 am. Good thing that I only watch one football game per week, and no other sports. So my time investment in this waste of time is very modest :))
>
>There are a couple of lines in the javascript sample above which show how to store and retrieve Json from local storage. That part is fairly trivial.
>
>I see that, like me, you are an early riser :-}
Yes, thank you, I see now the line dealing with the localStorage; this is helpful.
(You are an even earlier riser than me, by about 5 hours :))
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