Null value when Pass values [FromBody] to post method by Postman plugin

I use api controller in ASP.net web API and i need to pass value to post method by [FromBody] type..

 [HttpPost]
 public HttpResponseMessage Post( [FromBody]string name)
 {
     ....
 }

i use Postman plugin but when send to post method value of name always is null.. follow this image:

and in Post methods :

why this happend?!

Post the string with raw json, and do not forget the double quotation marks.

You can't bind a single primitive string using json and FromBody, json will transmit an object and the controller will expect an complex object (model) in turn. If you want to only send a single string then use url encoding.

On your header set

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

The body of the POST request message body should be =saeed (based on your test value) and nothing else. For unknown/variable strings you have to URL encode the value so that way you do not accidentally escape with an input character.

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Alternate 1

Create a model and use that instead.

Message body value: {"name":"saeee"}

c#

public class CustomModel {
	public string Name {get;set;}
}

Controller Method

public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody]CustomModel model)

Alternate 2

Pass primitive strings to your post using the URI instead of the message body.