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ASP.NET Web API is a framework for building HTTP services for clients like browsers and mobile devices. It is based on the Microsoft .NET Framework and ideal choice for building RESTful services.

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JSONP with ASP.NET Web API

I am working on creating a new set of services in ASP.MVC MVC 4 using the Web API. So far, it's great. I have created the service and gotten it to work, and now I am trying to consume it using ...
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How to secure an ASP.NET Web API

I'm wanting to build a RESTful web service using ASP.NET Web API that third-party developers will use to access my application's data. I've read quite a lot about OAuth and it seems to be the ...
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How do I get ASP.NET Web API to return JSON instead of XML using Chrome?

Using the newer ASP.NET Web API, in Chrome I am seeing XML - how can I change it to request JSON so I can view it in the browser? I do believe it is just part of the request headers, am I correct in ...
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ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API Authentication with Membership Provider

I have an ASP.NET MVC 4 Project using the Web API. On the controller I have set the class to require authorization using the [Authorize] attribute. For Authentication I am using the ASP.NET Membership ...
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WCF Service or Web API

I'm going to be working on a project that involves a number of elements: ASP.NET MVC website C# console application iPhone App To get all these separate applications talking to the database, my ...
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ASP.NET Web API returns 404 for PUT only on some servers

(cross post from Server Fault. I realised afterwards that I probably should have asked on stackoverflow first) Ok, I have been racking my brain and the internet for a solution to this. I just can't ...
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ServiceStack vs ASP.Net Web API

I am wanting to write a new REST style API and have looked at ServiceStack and quite like it. However, I have seen that Microsoft has released the ASP.Net Web API project as part of the new MVC 4 ...
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Mvc 4 vs. Wcf Web Api

What are the pros and cons of using each technology? WCF Web Api is now merged into Asp.net Asp.net web api now supports self hosting. I still imagine if I want to expose multiple protocol schemas ...
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Accessing Session Using ASP.NET Web API

I realize session and REST don't exactly go hand in hand but is it not possible to access session state using the new Web API? HttpContext.Current.Session is always null.
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ASP.NET Web API Authentication

I'm really depressed by googling a lot on Web API authentication. I need to know how to authenticate a user from a client application while using ASP.NET Web API. I have seen all the videos on its ...
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Single controller with multiple GET methods in ASP.NET Web API

In WCF Web API I had a class of similar structure: public class SomeController : ApiController { [WebGet(UriTemplate = "{itemSource}/Items")] public SomeValue GetItems(CustomParam parameter) ...
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Whats the difference between WCF Web API and ASP.NET Web API

Ive done a bit of work in the past using WCF WebAPI and really liked a lot of its features, Im just playing with ASP.NET Web API at the moment and it seems completely different (IE completely removed ...
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Ember-Data: How do “mappings” work

I'm currently trying to put something together with ember + emberdata + router + asp.net web api. Most of it seem to work, however I stuck in an error message I get when ember-data tries to findAll ...
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How does a method in MVC WebApi map to an http verb?

In the 5-minute video at the following link, at the 1:10 mark, Jon Galloway says that adding a method called DeleteComment to his CommentsController controller class will by convention map ...
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WCF vs ASP.NET Web API

I've spent a few months trying to grasp the concepts behind WCF and recently I've developed my first WCF service application. I've struggled quite a bit to understand all the settings in the config ...

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