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How to bind a simple POST value in ASP.NET WebAPI RC?

I have a POST method on one of my API controllers that takes a single string value:

public string Post([FromBody] string foo) {
    return(fooOracle.ValidateFoo(foo) ? "success" : "failure");
}

I am sending a message with the body of the sending request:

foo=123412341234

(i.e. this is a normal HTTP POST that you can initiate by sending a browser form, as well as using an HTTP client)

As a candidate for WebAPI, this silently stopped working - it no longer binds foo. To make the code work, I had to replace the method with the following:

public string Post(FormDataCollection form) {
    var foo = form.Get("foo");
    return(fooOracle.ValidateFoo(foo) ? "success" : "failure");
}

This works, but it is a little dirty and requires more thorough testing than the previous version.

- [FromBody] ? , , RC.

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, , "foo = 123412341234", "= 123412341234" . ?

-, , stringwrapper , String.

StringWrapper {public string Foo {get; set;}}

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