ASP .NET MVC 4 WebApi: Manually handle OData queries

I just stumbled across this old post and I’m adding this answer as it’s now very easy to handle the OData queries yourself. Here’s an example:

[HttpGet]
[ActionName("Example")]
public IEnumerable<Poco> GetExample(ODataQueryOptions<Poco> queryOptions)
{
    var data = new Poco[] { 
        new Poco() { id = 1, name = "one", type = "a" },
        new Poco() { id = 2, name = "two", type = "b" },
        new Poco() { id = 3, name = "three", type = "c" }
    };

    var t = new ODataValidationSettings() { MaxTop = 2 };
    queryOptions.Validate(t);

    //this is the method to filter using the OData framework
    //var s = new ODataQuerySettings() { PageSize = 1 };
    //var results = queryOptions.ApplyTo(data.AsQueryable(), s) as IEnumerable<Poco>;

    //or DIY
    var results = data;
    if (queryOptions.Skip != null) 
        results = results.Skip(queryOptions.Skip.Value);
    if (queryOptions.Top != null)
        results = results.Take(queryOptions.Top.Value);

    return results;
}

public class Poco
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string type { get; set; }
}