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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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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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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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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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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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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Difference between ApiController and Controller in ASP.NET MVC
I've been playing around with ASP.NET MVC 4 beta and I see two types of controllers now: ApiController and Controller.
I'm little confused at what situations I can choose a particular controller.
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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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How could I make my RavenDB application execute properly when UseEmbeddedHttpServer is set to true using 2-tier architecture?
I used RavenDB-Embedded 2.0.2230 in my application interacted with ASP .Net Web API in different assemblies.
When I set UseEmbeddedHttpServer = true on the document store, first time I send a request ...
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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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Cross platform authentication using ASP.NET Web API
How do I even begin coding authentication using ASP.NET Web API so it is cross-platform to support desktop, mobile and web? I'd read of some methods of doing RESTful authentication, such as using ...
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Cannot Inject Dependencies into ASP.NET Web API Controller using Unity
Has anyone had any success running using an IOC container to inject dependencies into asp.net ASP.NET Web API controllers? I cannot seem to get it to work.
This is what I'm doing now.
In my ...
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Multiple HttpPost method in MVC4 Web API Controller
I am starting to use MVC4 Web API project, I have controller with multiple HttpPost methods. The Controller looks like the following:
Controller
public class VTRoutingController : ApiController
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How to create ASP.NET Web API Url?
In ASP.NET MVC, we have @Url.Action for actions. Is there something similar like @Url.Api which would route to /api/controller?
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ASP.NET Web API: throw HttpResponseException or return Request.CreateErrorResponse?
After reviewing an article Exception Handling in ASP.NET Web API I am a bit confused as to when to throw an exception vs return error response. I am also left wandering whether it is possible to ...
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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) ...
