Since ODL-6.x, OData Core Library supports query option with optional-$-prefix as described in this docs.

Corresponding support on WebAPI layer is available starting WebAPI-7.4.

As result, WebAPI is able to process OData system query with optional $-prefix, as in “GET ~/?filter=id eq 33” with injected dependency setting:

    ODataUriResolver.EnableNoDollarQueryOptions = true.

ODL Enhancement

A public boolean attribute EnableNoDollarQueryOptions is added to ODataUriResolver. Public attribute is needed for dependency injection on the WebAPI layer.

    public class ODataUriResolver
    {
        ...
        public virtual bool EnableNoDollarQueryOptions { get; set; }
        ...
    }

WebAPI optional-$-prefix Setting using Dependency Injection

WebAPI service injects the setting using the ODataUriResolver during service initialization: Builder of service provider container sets the instantiated ODataUriResover config using dependency injection.

            ODataUriResolver resolver = new ODataUriResolver
            {
                EnableNoDollarQueryOptions = true,
                EnableCaseInsensitive = enableCaseInsensitive

            };
            
            spContainerBuilder.AddService(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, sp => resolver));

Note that UriResolver is typically a singleton for the service instance, since each instance should follow the same Uri convention. In case of other injected dependencies that are configurable per request, scoped dependency should be used.

WebAPI Internal Processing of optional-$-prefix Setting

  1. WebAPI EnableQuery attribute processing instantiates WebAPI’s ODataQueryOptions object for incoming request.
  2. The ODataQueryOptions constructor pins down the optional-$-prefix setting (see _enableNoDollarSignQueryOptions) from the injected ODataUriResolver.
  3. Based on the optional-$-prefix setting, ODataQueryOptions parses the request Uri in WebAPI layer accordingly.