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Twilio c# TwiML not dialing number. Saying it instead

I'm setting up masked calling. When I get the following TwiML response after calling the masked number, it isn't dialing the number that I'm specifying. It's just saying the number instead after saying the content of the say
Here is the TwiML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Response>
<Say>Your call will be charged blah blah.</Say>
<Dial action="http://mywebsite.com/Call/CallComplete" callerId="+441XXXXX">
<Number>+44795XXXXX</Number>
</Dial>
</Response>
And here is the c#
public static string TwiMLDial(string maskedNumber, string to, string actionURL)
{
var response = new Twilio.TwiML.VoiceResponse();
response.Say("Your call will be charged blah blah.");
var dial = new Twilio.TwiML.Dial(action: actionURL, callerId: maskedNumber);
dial.Number(to);
response.Dial(dial);
return response.ToString();
}
I'm using c# .Net core. And have the following in my startup.cs which may be relevant:
services.AddMvc(config =>
{
// Add XML Content Negotiation
config.RespectBrowserAcceptHeader = true;
config.InputFormatters.Add(new XmlSerializerInputFormatter());
config.OutputFormatters.Add(new XmlSerializerOutputFormatter());
})
.AddJsonOptions(options =>
{
options.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new DefaultContractResolver();
options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;
});

Twilio developer evangelist here.
The issue is that your endpoint is returning the response with the type text/plain and Twilio takes that to mean, just read this out.
You need to set your response Content-Type to text/xml or application/xml.
I'm not a C# developer I'm afraid, but hopefully that points you in the right direction.

Can't send message to specific user with SignalR

I can't make works the message sending to one specific user from the code behind. Clients.All works, Clients.AllExcept(userId) works, but not Client.User(userId).
My hub:
public class MessagingHub : Hub
{
public override Task OnConnected()
{
var signalRConnectionId = Context.ConnectionId;
// for testing purpose, I collect the userId from the VS Debug window
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("OnConnected --> " + signalRConnectionId);
return base.OnConnected();
}
}
My controller to send message from code behind:
public void PostMessageToUser(string ConnectionId)
{
var mappingHub = GlobalHost.ConnectionManager.GetHubContext<MessagingHub>();
// doesn't works
mappingHub.Clients.User(ConnectionId).onMessageRecorded();
// doesn't works
mappingHub.Clients.Users(new List<string>() { ConnectionId }).onMessageRecorded();
// works
mappingHub.Clients.All.onMessageRecorded();
// works (?!)
mappingHub.Clients.AllExcept(ConnectionId).onMessageRecorded();
}
How my hub is initialized on the JS:
var con, hub;
function StartRealtimeMessaging()
{
con = $.hubConnection();
hub = con.createHubProxy('MessagingHub');
hub.on('onMessageRecorded', function () {
$(".MessageContainer").append("<div>I've received a message!!</div>");
});
con.start();
}
And finally how I send a(n empty) message to the hub:
function TestSendToUser(connectionId)
{
$.ajax({
url: '/Default/PostMessageToUser',
type: "POST",
data: { ConnectionId: connectionId},// contains the user I want to send the message to
});
}
So, it works perfectly with mappingHub.Clients.All.onMessageRecorded(); but not with mappingHub.Clients.User(ConnectionId).onMessageRecorded(); or mappingHub.Clients.Users(new List<string>() { ConnectionId}).onMessageRecorded();.
But interestingly, it works with mappingHub.Clients.AllExcept(ConnectionId).onMessageRecorded(); : All users connected receive the message except the given userid, which means the userid is good, and the user is well identified. So, why Clients.User(ConnectionId) doesn't works?

If you want to send a message to one particular connection and when you want to use the ConnectionId, make sure you use Clients.Client, and not Clients.User
Like this:
public void PostMessageToUser(string connectionId)
{
var mappingHub = GlobalHost.ConnectionManager.GetHubContext<MessagingHub>();
// Like this
mappingHub.Clients.Client(connectionId).onMessageRecorded();
// or this
mappingHub.Clients.Clients(new List<string>() { connectionId }).onMessageRecorded();
}

I had the same problem. I couldn't get .User(ConnectionId) to work.
I have just spent days trying to get SignalR to report progress on a long processing job to only the client who requested the job. That is, it isn't a chat app which most of the examples describe.
Any 'long processing progress reporting' examples I found only have a sim of the job in the hub. I have a controller doing real work and need to send messages from the controller, not the hub.
I used this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/21222303/3251300. as a workaround for your stated problem but have included all the code snippets I use for the long processing job in case they are useful for anyone who stumbles on this answer.
The workaround has an elegance in that it uses the .Group() feature. By setting each groupID equal to the internal userID, messages can be sent using .Group(userID) without having to separately maintain a list of the userID/connectionID relationships outside SignalR.
There may be a way to maintain the relationships in SignalR without using the .Group() feature but I haven’t found it yet.
Pass the userID to the view using a hidden type which then makes it available to the js.
<input type="hidden" value="#ViewBag.UserID" id="userID" />
Then in the js hub script use the following to send the userID to the hub when the hub connection starts up.
$.connection.hub.start()
.done(function () {
var userID = document.getElementById('userID').value;
$.connection.myHub.server.announce(userID);
})
.fail(function () { alert("Hub failed to start.") });
The hub then has one statement which associates the userID and connectionID to the groupID, which is then the same string as the userID.
public class MyHub : Hub
{
public void Announce(string userID)
{
Groups.Add(Context.ConnectionId, userID);
}
}
To send messages from the controller (Again, not the hub in this case, the message is reporting progress to the client on a long processing request running in the controller) after setting the hub context, use .Group() and the internal userID.
var hubContext = GlobalHost.ConnectionManager.GetHubContext<MyHub>();
string fileMessage = "Some message";
hubContext.Clients.Group(userID).hubMessage(fileMessage);
This is then displayed in the view using the js to place the message in a div
$.connection.myHub.client.hubMessage = function (message) {
$("#hubMessages").html(message);
}
'#hubMessages' refers to this div in the view. Examples use .append which makes the div grow each time you send a message, .HTML replaces whatever is in the div with the new message.
<div id="hubMessages"></div>
Anyone who comes to this answer and is trying to get going on MVC and SignalR, a big shout out to Caleb who has a great series of intro vids for SignalR https://youtu.be/kr8uHeNjOKw Anyone who finds this answer who is new to SignalR I recommend you spend an hour watching these.

I face same problem.
I change from:
Clients.User(connectionId).SendAsync(CallbackDefinition.DirectMessage, directMessageResult);
to:
Clients.Client(connectionId).SendAsync(CallbackDefinition.DirectMessage, directMessageResult);
And it work :D
Thank to: Matthieu Charbonnier

Postman Testing send string to Web Api accepting string is null

I have been testing all the Get,Create,Update methods with Postman in which the Get passes in nothing. The Create and Update passes in raw json with Activity object with several properties that do match up with the C# class
So this signature for Create and Update works fine
[HttpPost]
public IHttpActionResult UpdateActivity(Activity activity)
Above works with Postman passing in JSON content type with all the properties. I have done this on OTHER projects.
HOWEVER
I'm trying to simply pass in a string and it is null no matter what
public IHttpActionResult DeleteActivity([FromBody]string Id)
{
// delete
var del = ActivityService.DeleteActivity(Id);
return Ok(del);
}
Postman I tried MANY ways
http://localhost:49810/api/activityapi/deleteactivity
I have tried MANY many ways based on blogs and google search one such example
{ "Id" = "5808786fa3e9ec79546b3c71" }

I know this is an older question but I wanted to help those who might have a similar problem as I was able to get this working.
In WebAPI Controller my method is setup as
[HttpPost]
public IHttpActionResult Create([FromBody] int eventId)
{
....
}
In order to get this to test properly in Postman you have to: In body, set to raw, make sure JSON (application/json) is set and then just add value like 2 that's it.. not like { "eventId":2 } which is proper JSON just the value and then it will work.
So in original poster's case, in Postman, if you set Body to raw, JSON (application/json) then "5808786fa3e9ec79546b3c71" as value it will work.

In Postman ensure the body is set to raw and select json and in the body just write "your string" in quotes. Do not use {} to surround it because that is to make a complex object

Try the following in the body, with the content-type as application/json
{ "5808786fa3e9ec79546b3c71" }
As when you specify it like so, it will attempt to de-serialize into a complex type with a property of Id
{ "Id" : "5808786fa3e9ec79546b3c71" }

Old question, but for those still wondering, I would recommend sending your string as a query parameter. Take a method like this for example:
[AllowAnonymous]
[HttpGet("resendEmailConfirmtionLink")]
public async Task<IActionResult> ResendEmailConfirmationLink(string email)
{
var user = await _userManager.FindByEmailAsync(email);
if (user == null) return Unauthorized();
var origin = Request.Headers["origin"];
var token = await _userManager.GenerateEmailConfirmationTokenAsync(user);
token = WebEncoders.Base64UrlEncode(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(token));
var verifyUrl = $"{origin}/verifyEmail?token={token}&email={user.Email}";
var message = $"<p>Please click the below link to verify your email address:</p><p><a href='{verifyUrl}'>Click to verify email</a></p>";
await _emailSender.SendEmailAsync(user.Email, "Please verify email", message);
return Ok("Email verification link resent");
}
This method expects a key value pair of a string called email. You can send your request like "http://localhost:5000/api/account/verifyEmail?email=myemail#test.com" or, in Postman, add it as a parameter like this:
postman query params

Your payload is not valid.
Change-->
{ "Id" = "5808786fa3e9ec79546b3c71" }
To-->
{ "Id" : "5808786fa3e9ec79546b3c71" }

[HttpPost]
public IHttpActionResult Create(int eventId)
{
....
}
Use form-data instead of raw-json
Key - eventId
Value - "5808786fa3e9ec79546b3c71"
This worked for me.

Azure Custom Controller / API .Net backend

I have had a MobileService running on Azure, and have decided to create a new service and migrate the code myself. The new service is of the new type called: Azure Mobile App Service.
Currently I have Authentication working, and can do migrations/update-database. I am following the TodoItem example. I now want to create my own Custom API, which easily worked on MobileService, but I cannot get it working on Azure Mobile App :/
I have followed these two links web-Api-routing and app-service-mobile-backend. And I now have the following:
I have created a new controller:
[MobileAppController]
public class TestController : ApiController
{
// GET api/Test
[Route("api/Test/completeAll")]
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ihttpactionresult> completeAll(string info)
{
return Ok(info + info + info);
}
}
In the mobileApp.cs I have added the below code according to backend:
HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
Additionally I have installed the below package according to web-api-routing:
Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.WebHost
and the call from the client:
string t = await App.MobileService.InvokeApiAsync<string,string>("Test/completeAll", "hej");
Debug shows, that it is the correct URL:
{Method: POST, RequestUri: 'https://xxxxxxx.azurewebsites.net/api/Test/completeAll',
Version: 1.1, Content: System.Net.Http.StringContent, Headers:{ X-ZUMO-FEATURES:
AT X-ZUMO-INSTALLATION-ID: e9b359df-d15e-4119-a4ad-afe3031d8cd5 X-ZUMO-AUTH:
xxxxxxxxxxx Accept: application/json User-Agent:
ZUMO/2.0 User-Agent: (lang=Managed; os=Windows Store; os_version=--; arch=Neutral; version=2.0.31125.0)
X-ZUMO-VERSION: ZUMO/2.0 (lang=Managed; os=Windows Store; os_version=--; arch=Neutral; version=2.0.31125.0)
ZUMO-API-VERSION: 2.0.0 Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 3}}
But keep getting: 404 (Not Found)
Debug Message "The request could not be completed. (Not Found)"
What am I missing :/ ?
Update
I have tried expanding the code in The mobileApp.cs, with:
HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();
new MobileAppConfiguration()
.UseDefaultConfiguration().MapApiControllers()
.ApplyTo(config);
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
app.UseWebApi(config);
based on app-service-backend, however still no access :/
Update
I used fiddler2 to access the endpoint through a browser and got the following results:
Update Again
I have tried to create another minimal solution, but still get the same error. Are there any great tutorials that I can follow to achieve this functionality?
The positive feeling is slowly evaporating . . .
The question is also running now on msdn, I will update here if any information is shown there.
Update
Tested Lindas comment, and I can in fact access the value converter:
// Use the MobileAppController attribute for each ApiController you want to use
// from your mobile clients
[MobileAppController]
public class ValuesController : ApiController
{
// GET api/values
public string Get()
{
MobileAppSettingsDictionary settings = this.Configuration.GetMobileAppSettingsProvider().GetMobileAppSettings();
ITraceWriter traceWriter = this.Configuration.Services.GetTraceWriter();
string host = settings.HostName ?? "localhost";
string greeting = "Hello from " + host;
traceWriter.Info(greeting);
return greeting;
}
// POST api/values
public string Post()
{
return "Hello World!";
}
}
This I access using the both the post and get function:
string t = await App.MobileService.InvokeApiAsync<string, string>("values", null, HttpMethod.Post, null);
or
string t = await App.MobileService.InvokeApiAsync<string, string>("values", null, HttpMethod.Get, null);
But the code I pasted has no route so why can I access it using values? What would the path be to the original controller if did not use the route parameter?
Extra Information
I have now created a support ticket with Microsoft and will update with additional information. . . Hopefully.
Update
Info from MSDN Forum: try MS_SkipVersionCheck
Reading about the attribute here, it does not seem applicable. But I tried it. Still Not Found for my API but the original one is still working. So it did not have an impact on this issue.

Yes !!!
So I finally got it working, I copied the usings from lidydonna - msft git and read about .net backend for mobileservice.
This ended with the following:
using System.Web.Http;
using Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Server.Config;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web.Http.Tracing;
using Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Server;
namespace BCMobileAppService.Controllers
{
[MobileAppController]
public class TestController : ApiController
{
// GET api/Test
[HttpGet, Route("api/Test/completeAll")]
public string Get()
{
MobileAppSettingsDictionary settings = this.Configuration.GetMobileAppSettingsProvider().GetMobileAppSettings();
ITraceWriter traceWriter = this.Configuration.Services.GetTraceWriter();
string host = settings.HostName ?? "localhost";
string greeting = "Hello from " + host;
traceWriter.Info(greeting);
return greeting;
}
// POST api/values
[HttpPost, Route("api/Test/completeAll")]
public string Post(string hej)
{
string retVal = "Hello World!" + hej;
return retVal;
}
}
}
This is a new controller and not the one that comes with it as lidydonna used. It seemed like it wants both functions get and post. This resulted in the API was registered and could be accessed. This means the client call to the server I used was:
t = await App.MobileService.InvokeApiAsync<string, string>("Test/completeAll", null, HttpMethod.Post, new Dictionary<string, string>() { { "hej", " AWESOME !" }});
dialog = new MessageDialog(t);
dialog.Commands.Add(new UICommand("OK"));
await dialog.ShowAsync();
AND I GOT A RESPONSE YAY!!
Extra Information
The controllers that you create, i.e. the class needs to end with Controller, you can have text before but not after. This information was given on a MSDN forum discussion.
If the post and the get has the same input the server returns Not found. Having different inputs solves the issue.
In case of weird Internal Server Error, i.e. weird you can step through the entire server code all variables that you want to return are initialized, but the client receives the error. Then refer to Internal Server Error - Azure App Service Custom Controller where simple fix to the configuration can solve the issue.

You must have something wrong in your project configuration. I have a working sample here: https://gist.github.com/lindydonna/6fca7f689ee72ac9cd20
After creating the HttpConfiguration object, call config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes(). I added the route attribute [Route("api/Test/completeAll")] and I can confirm that the route is registered correctly.
Try adding this attribute to the ValuesController and check the route.

I found another cause for the 404 errors when it came to use attribute routing.
The code above originally had this in mobileApp.cs:
HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();
new MobileAppConfiguration()
.UseDefaultConfiguration().MapApiControllers()
.ApplyTo(config);
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
app.UseWebApi(config);
The config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes() needs to be moved above the .ApplyTo:
HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
new MobileAppConfiguration()
.UseDefaultConfiguration().MapApiControllers()
.ApplyTo(config);

Try switching inheriting from ApiController to TableController.

It is really strange but simple API request is not working in azure app service
So I have figure out solution which has worked for me. I have tested http requests with c# http post/get, android post/get, and objective C post/get
So first of all you need to update your Startup.MobileApp.cs class :
new MobileAppConfiguration()
.UseDefaultConfiguration()
.MapApiControllers() /* /api endpoints **missing part***/
.ApplyTo(config);
Then create Azure Mobile App Custom Controller. After that modify little bit your controller to get proper json response
public class Mes
{
public string message { get; set; }
}
// GET api/My
public Mes Get()
{
return new Mes { message = "thanks" };
// return "Hello from custom controller!";
}
// POST api/My
public Mes Post(Mes chal)
{
return new Mes { message = chal.message + "asnwer" };
// return "Hello from custom controller!";
}
}
You can simple leave first variant and get response, but OBjective C will say to you that JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments...and so on.. This happens because you getting simple string not object. So that is why I have modified my response with class Mes
But it is also depends how you make request and what type of object you expect.
So .MapApiControllers() it is the main key for API and WEB API controller is now changed to azure custom controller.
Hope this helps.

MVC5 app doesn't hit my WebAPI2 POST method for creating new records

I have an MVC5 application, ASP.NET, that, when creating a new record and clicking submit, it calls my WebAPI (version 2 - the new one) to insert the record into the database. Problem is, it's not hitting the POST method in my WebAPI. Anyways, here's my MVC5, front end application code for "Create":
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(BulletinBoard bulletinBoard)
{
bulletinBoard.CreatedDate = DateTime.Now;
bulletinBoard.CreatedBy = HttpContext.User.Identity.Name;
response = client.PostAsJsonAsync("api/bulletinboard", bulletinBoard).Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
return View("Index");
}
else
{
LoggerHelper.GetLogger().InsertError(new Exception(string.Format(
"Cannot create a new feedback record due to HTTP Response Status Code not being successful: {0}", response.StatusCode)));
return View("Problem");
}
}
I already defined "client" in my constructor and gave it the base URL for my WebAPI - keep in mind that GET works - so it's not a problem with my URL. I can also manually go to my WebAPI URL and get data back in my browser.
Here's my WebAPI code:
// POST api/bulletinboard
public HttpResponseMessage PostBulletinBoard(BulletinBoard bulletinBoard)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.BulletinBoards.Add(bulletinBoard);
db.SaveChanges();
HttpResponseMessage response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, bulletinBoard);
return response;
}
else
{
return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ModelState);
}
}
This worked when I was using WebAPI version 1 which had a different naming convention for the GET and POST and PUT methods.
So, when the URL for the POST request is called (the line that's response = client.PostAsJsonAsync...), the request never hits my POST method in my WebAPI and consequently, no records are inserted into my database. What am I doing wrong?

According to the comments it appears that you have POSTed invalid data (according to the validation rules you defined in your BulletinBoard model) and this validation simply fails. So to fix the issue make sure you are sending valid data.

I think there might be a few reasons why it doesn't hit your post method. Here is my example of Post method. The things you should note is method name and FromBody attribute
public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Post([FromBody]FoodProduct foodProduct)
{
UnitOfWork.FoodRepository.Edit(foodProduct);
await UnitOfWork.SaveAsync();
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
}
I also like to use this new RoutePrefix Attribute on my controller, it works perfectly and looks good.
[RoutePrefix("api/Food")]
public class FoodController : BaseApiController
{
///some code here
}