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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Self Host Web Api Unit Test With Area
I'm following some tutorials about creating a HttpSelfHostServer to test my Web Api. The issue I'm having is that my core API is inside an area and I cannot get my routes registered correctly.
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Custom Exceptions in Web API
Can someone help me in creating an exception which has the overridden message, source and stack trace values.
I tried using httperror in the HttpResponseMessage, but I need to add Stacktrace and ...
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OData in Web API Doesn't Follow OData Standard Specs
First of, the standard spec for OData response looks like:
{
"d" : {
"results": [
{
"__metadata": {
"uri": "http://demos/Orders(10248)",
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Custom Authorization using signalr PersistentConnection with websockets transport
I im trying to authorize a user for some connections in SignalR, my issue is that using WebSockets as the transport i cannot set HttpContext.Current.User without getting an exception. The ...
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Return a JSON string explicitly from Asp.net WEBAPI?
in Some cases i have NewtonSoft JSON.NET and in my controller I just return the Jobject from my controller and all is good.
but i have a case where i get some raw JSON from another service and need ...
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Is it possible to use SQL Server session state with a stateless web api application?
We have a stateless web api application where we only use the token(obtained on login) as an identifier, which we decrypt, determine user and perform the action.
We now need to store a rather big ...
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RESTful WebApi Filtered lists?
Suppose I have an object.
public class foo()
{
public int Id {get;set;}
public string Name {get;set;}
}
and a set of related objects.
public class bar()
{
public int Id{get;set;}
public ...
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breezejs with webapi not returning child entities when I use expand
I’m using WebAPI V4.0.30506.0 (this should be the stable version) with BreezeJs 1.3.5 and for some reason I don’t get child entities when I use the expand keyword. How can I get the child entities?
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How to deserialize JSON request from EXT.NET on ASP.NET Web Api side
I am trying to make HTTPPOST from webclient using EXT.NET libraries.
Here is how my call looks like
<ext:Button ID="dugmeOdobri" runat="server" Text="Odobri Narudžbe" Icon="Accept" >
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Data synchronization in a Chrome packaged app
In my pursuit to write a Chrome packaged app, I am struggling to get my data synchronized to the app so that it can be used in offline mode.
My data lives on a server and I access it trough a ...
google-chrome-app
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NetworkCredentials and Authorization in WebApi
I am having a few problems trying to connect to a ASP.NET webapi service (which I am running myself) from a sample console app using WebClient. The webapi is the typical sample site from MVC4:
public ...
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ASP.NET Web API routes not mapping to controller actions
I have an ASP.NET Web API application where I want to respond to the following routes:
1. http://localhost:1234/values
2. http://localhost:1234/values/123
3. http://localhost:1234/values/large
4. ...
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Hook Unity into Web API Filter Attributes
I have Unity running great for all the controllers in my ASP.NET Web API project - just using the default set up that comes out of the NuGet box. I have also managed to hook it up to MVC Filter ...
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.Net Web API throw exception/return response/return error response for 404/400 response?
I am developing some restful web service using .net web api.
I need to return 404 (NotFoundStatus) or 400 (BadRequest) to the client for some scenarios.
It seems like that there are many ways to do ...
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How do I get the error message from an HttpResponse object in WebAPI?
I have a controller that generates an exception from the following code with the following message:-
public HttpResponseMessage PutABook(Book bookToSave)
{
return ...
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WebApi - Specify Content-Type in Uri
You can use
AddUriPathExtensionMapping("json", "application/json");
To enable media type to be specified as part of the uri as seen below
http://localhost/products.json
How can I get WebApi to ...
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ASP.Net Web API Authentication using Authorize attribute and WorldDomination plugin
I'm reasonably new to web development so please forgive me if my terminology is off a bit.
I've created an ASP.Net Web API, and for certain methods on the API I'm needing a way to tell if a user is ...
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Log duration of an ASP Web API action
I am using an ActionFilter to log all action calls of my ASP.NET Web API project. The OnActionExecuted method tells a lot about what's been happening.
I just can't figure out how to find an efficient ...
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Missing data when serializing object with JSON.Net
I am working on wrapping some existing code in an ASP.Net WebAPI controller. When serializing the object with JSON.Net the string returned is always empty (just empty {} ). The class that I am ...
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Breeze, OData, and no EF
I'm learning breeze nowadays and I want to ask about using breeze without EF.
The BreezeController exposes IQueryable for all entities. When a breeze request comes,OData format is used for the query, ...
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Redirect URL gets rewritten on Azure
I have an APIController that needs to redirect to another service that may have a different subdomain. Simplified code:
[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage DoSomething() {
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azure
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.Net web api, SSL + basic auth
I have multiple sets of sensor networks that are sending data to a .net web api. Somehow, I need to secure some of the endpoints of the API (so that I can be certain that the information sent to the ...
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Uploading a large file from phone
I'm trying to write a WP8 app that needs to upload a large amount of data back to my server. My server runs on ASP.net and implements REST using WebAPI.
I've gotten to a point where I can upload ...
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web api odata action method to return image
We are using asp.net web api odata entitysetcontroller to get user profiles. The url that represents a single user profile looks like this
http://www.domain.com/api/org/staff(123)
Now bussiness ...
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ASP.NET Web API Documentation duplicate entries
I'm trying to create documentation for my API's. So far I've tried with Swagger.Net and Web API help pages
Both tools provided me with correct documentation which is generated from XML but both of ...
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WebApi modelBinding fails when property inherits from Dictionary<string, string>
WebApi model binding fails when a property in the viewmodel inherits from Dictionary<string, string>. The same model binding works when the data type of the property is changed to just ...
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How do I convert a Web API JSON response to a data table?
I have a web API where if I go to a valid link, it'll display an XML.
However, in my other application, when I call:
using (var webclient = new WebClient())
{
var doc = ...
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Order property in System.Web.Http.AuthorizeAttribute
If I have multiple authorization attributes on an action, my understanding is that for System.Web.Mvc.AuthorizeAttribute I can specify the Order property like:
[CustomAuth(Order=2)]
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AttributeRouting - how to specify route with query-string
I'm trying to add AttributeRouting to my WebAPI project.
On one controller I currently have three GET methods defined:
[GET("dictionaries")]
public IEnumerable<Dictionary> Get()
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ASP.NET WebApi Post Method - 404 When Passing Parameters
I cannot for the life of me figure this out. I have a web api controller with Get and Post methods. The Get method works fine with and without parameters, but the post breaks when I try to add a ...
