Technologies: Javascript for $http call, ASP.NET Web API, MSSQL for data retrieval
Web API will return array of widget objects with following properties:
WidgetId, WidgetAttribute1 Bool, WidgetAttribute2 Bool, WidgetAttribute3 Bool, etc. attributes to return is defined by user.
Basically, we are returning the widget's attributes, where each attribute is a True/False. True if attribute exists for the widget, false if not. The exact attributes to return will be defined by the user. The available list of attributes (50-100) is pre-defined. User selects the attributes he/she cares about (will be a subset of the total), and API should only return those.
My idea for approach: User posts simple array with list of WidgetAttributeIds he/she wants returned. Web API looks at simple array and executes query according to the present Ids.
Should i use a stored procedure and pass in parameters of which attributes to return, or should i construct the query within the web api controller, then pass it to sql server?
