How to pass a URL in the Parameter of an API

Question

How to pass a URL to an API

public class HTTPController : ControllerBase
{
    [HttpGet("URL={URL}")]
    public JsonResult GETURL(string URL)
    {
    }
}

However when passing for example https://google.pt this does not interpret as parameter

I tried to pass so "http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.pt" but it does not work in the same

Answer 1

The route generated by your code will be:

/http/URL={paramêtro}

Pass the parameter https://google.pt does not work because it is not possible to pass parameters with / route, if you want to do this, you have to find the parameter somehow.

Anyway recommend to pass it via query string. Your code would look like this:

[HttpGet("[action]")]
public JsonResult GETURL([FromQuery] string URL)

Generated route:

/http/geturl?URL={paramêtro}