call an api in C#

Question

I have the following code:

namespace TwilioSendMessages.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    [ApiController]
    public class SMSController : ControllerBase
    {
        private readonly IWebHostEnvironment _webHostEnvironment;
        public readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
        private readonly ITwilioRestClient _client;
        public SMSController(IWebHostEnvironment webHostEnvironment, IConfiguration configuration, ITwilioRestClient client)
        {
            _webHostEnvironment = webHostEnvironment;
            _configuration = configuration;
            _client = client;
        }
          [Route("SendSMS")]
        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult SendSMS(SmsMessage model)
        {
          
            var message = MessageResource.Create(
            to: new PhoneNumber(model.To),
            from: new PhoneNumber(model.From), 
            body: model.Message,
            client: _client); // pass in the custom client
            return Ok("Success");
        }
    }
}
namespace

when I tried to call the api on my local machine like this:

https://localhost:7262/api/SMS/SendSMS

it says the page is not working. I also tried calling the API this way. I get the same message saying the page is not working:

https://localhost:7262/api/SMSController

When I run the code directly. This page comes up:

When I run the code directly.This page comes up and I can type "To" , "From" and "Message" and it works. How can I call this API using the URL on my local machine.

Answer 1

Hi @Anjali Agarwal,

It's a post request. We can't make it works in browser. If you want to test it in web page, you have to create a html, and invoke this SendSMS function in javascript by using post method.

Another choice, you can use the tools like Postman to test your api.

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