problem with asp.net mvc web api get call

mike92117

This is my code in the doc ready function:

    $("#queue").dataTable({
        "processing": true,
        "serverSide": true,
        "ajax": { 
            "url": "/api/FooBarQueue",
            "dataSrc": "",
        }
    });

This is an ajax call on a web api function that returns this data (an object array). When I look in Fiddler, the call that is made results in a 404 because of a very long query string (even though the url is /api/FooBarQueue with nothing appended. Lots of query params such as draw=1&columns%5B0%5D.......

I used "dataSrc": "" based on a forum reply of a user with similar problem and that worked for him.

The returned data:

"[{\"QueueID\":27,\"BCOrderNumber\":300524,\"OrderDate\":\"2015-02-16T16:39:05\",\"SKU\":\"3DOV-FP-GP-094\",\"MaterialID\":0,\"Quantity\":1,\"OriginalFileName\":\"blahblah.jpg\",\"Initials\":\"\",\"ModelFileName\":\"\",\"MD5\":\"\",\"CreateDate\":\"2015-03-01T18:29:08.627\"},{\"QueueID\":28,\"BCOrderNumber\":300524,\"OrderDate\":\"2015-02-16T16:39:05\",\"SKU\":\"XXDOX-XX-XX-094\",\"MaterialID\":0,\"Quantity\":1,\"OriginalFileName\":\"xxxxCrest.jpg\",\"Initials\":\"\",\"ModelFileName\":\"\",\"MD5\":\"\",\"CreateDate\":\"2015-03-03T12:23:56.297\"}]"