How to pass JSON object as parameter from Postman to ASP.NET WEB API

Question

I want to pass json object as a query string parameter (not from body) to ASP.NET Core Web API url from postman. Kindly let me know how to pass? below the sample JSOB object structure :

here, 'names's is string array

"students":[
      {
         "id":"1",
         "names":["john", "james"]
      },
      {
         "id":"2",
         "names":["peter", "harry"]
     }
]

Answer 1

This is a demo I made , you could refer to

In Postman , remember to set "Content-Type" to "application/json" in the Headers, otherwise you might get a error - 415 Unsupported MediaType.

https://localhost:44388/api/student/?students[0].id=1&students[0].name[0]=john&students[0].name[1]=james&students[1].id=2&students[1].name[0]=peter&students[1].name[1]=harry

The Student Model

 public class Student
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string[] Name { get; set; }
}

In Controller , do not forget add [FromQuery] in the parameter of action.

[Route("api/[controller]")]
[ApiController]
public class StudentController : ControllerBase
{
    [HttpPost]
    public void PostStudent([FromQuery]List<Student> students)
    {
    }
}

The screenshot of students parameter

As Gabriel Luci said ,the Json object is best passed in the body of request.