Passing Complex Objects to ASP.NET Web API Using FromUri

Question

I want to bind the URL parameters to my Point object using attribute routing and the [FromUri] attribute such that the following URL is possible:

/foo-1,2

public IHttpActionResult PostFoo(
    [FromBody] string content,
    [FromUri] Point point)
{
}

public class Point
{
    public int A { get; set; }
    public int B { get; set; }

    // ...Other properties omitted for simplicity
}

I have tried the following Route attributes but none of these work:

[Route("foo-{a},{b}")]
[Route("foo-{A},{B}")]
[Route("foo-{point.A},{point.B}")]

Note that I can't use query string parameters because a badly built third party service does not accept ampersands in their URL's (Yes it's that bad). So I'm trying to build all query string parameters into the URL itself.

Passing Complex Objects to ASP.NET Web API Using FromUri

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