GET api/Categories?filterExpression={filterExpression}

Returns list of all Categories Data based on specified filter criteria

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
filterExpression	Filter expression/criteria	string	Required

Body Parameters

None.

Response Information

Resource Description

Collection of CategoriesData

Name	Type	Additional information
CategoryID	integer	None.
CategoryName	string	None.
Description	string	None.
Picture	Collection of byte	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

[
  {
    "CategoryID": 1,
    "CategoryName": "sample string 2",
    "Description": "sample string 3",
    "Picture": "QEA="
  },
  {
    "CategoryID": 1,
    "CategoryName": "sample string 2",
    "Description": "sample string 3",
    "Picture": "QEA="
  }
]

text/xml

Sample:

<ArrayOfCategoriesData xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/NorthwindAPI.Models">
  <CategoriesData>
    <CategoryID>1</CategoryID>
    <CategoryName>sample string 2</CategoryName>
    <Description>sample string 3</Description>
    <Picture>QEA=</Picture>
  </CategoriesData>
  <CategoriesData>
    <CategoryID>1</CategoryID>
    <CategoryName>sample string 2</CategoryName>
    <Description>sample string 3</Description>
    <Picture>QEA=</Picture>
  </CategoriesData>
</ArrayOfCategoriesData>