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ASP.NET Web API2 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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Remove Cookie from WebApi to Web Service Request
I have a WebApi (v2) which calls another web service. The other web service (which is out of my control) sends a Set-Cookie header in the login response. Of course, after this, every time I make a ...
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Resolving interfaces in WebAPI
I have a controller method with the following signature
[HttpGet]
[Route("results")]
public List<IResult> GetResults()
{
return repo.GetResults();
}
Not surprisingly, I get a JSON .NET ...
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Where is the Autofac InstancePerApiRequest scope disposed?
I am going through the code of both Autofac.Integration.WebApi and Autofac.Integration.WebApi.Owin and I can see how the InstancePerApiRequest/InstancePerHttpRequest lifetime scope is being created ...
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Web Api - How to return a dynamic object with 201 status code
I'm trying to return the recently added entity Id in a Web Api action method as a JSON. Example:
{ bookId = 666 }
The Controller Action code is as follows:
[HttpPost, Route("")]
public ...
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Timeout a Web Api request?
Like MVC WebApi runs on the asynchronous ASP.NET pipeline, meaning execution timeout is unsupported.
In MVC I use the [AsyncTimeout] filter, WebApi doesn't have this. So how do I timeout a request in ...
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How to integrate Autofac with WepApi 2 and Owin?
I am using this package to integrate Autofac with my WebApi Owin application:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Autofac.WebApi2.Owin
And following this post:
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WebAPI with WebSockets
I am trying to implement live updates to my clients, browser compatibility is not a problem for me so I have chosen plain web sockets as opposed to implementing SignalR. I am using WebApi which is ...
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Web API Form - Url Encoded Complex Parameter
Deserializing a complex type in WebAPI is giving me serious grief.
The data contains keys that are syntactically invalid in c# as property names.
How can I translate the key names?
Relevant: Web API ...
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Load web api controller dynamically
I run web api with owin hosting.
In my OwinHost project I do this:
public class CustomResolver : DefaultAssembliesResolver
{
public override ICollection<Assembly> GetAssemblies()
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WebAPI not serializing inherited class on POST?
Here is my controller method:
[System.Web.Http.HttpPost]
[System.Web.Http.Route("api/exercise")]
public HttpResponseMessage CreateExercise(ExerciseDto exercise) {
Here are my classes:
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How to send post request through Angular to ASP.net web API
I am new to both angular and ASP.NET web API. in angular i get values from a form and try to pass it to the server through post request her is the code for angular.
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Value object serialization options
I am coding a value object for my domain object identifier, similar to what is done here. Basically I am just wrapping a guid.
By following this article's advice I was able to create a custom model ...
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kendo Grid update and insert with jayData and angular
i tried to use kendo grid by crud Operation that cooperate with Jaydata and angularjs to create DataSource and implement crud Operation.but when i update or create a record after submit on server i ...
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Facebook Authentication in MVC Web API Without Local Authentication
I have an application that I would like to be heavily integrated with Facebook. At the end of my project I would like to have a Facebook Canvas App, iOS App, and Android App. All will use Facebook ...
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“error”: “invalid_client” from custom OWIN implementation
I am implementing OWIN authentication on a mysql backend, I dont thnk thats a problem as my registration work pretty well. I have basically worked off this post (i.e. nicked most of the code).
I am ...
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What would cause attribute routing to not work when adding it to an existing MVC 5 web app?
I added the Web API nuget and the StartUp WebApiConfig code that calls MapHttpAttributeRoutes via Global.asax, but none of the attribute routes are working.
protected void Application_Start()
{
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Azure Mobile Services - Does it ignore Application_Start?
In an Azure Mobile Service project, I have a static class WebApiConfig with a static method Register() located in the App_Start folder.
From Global.asax.cs, I used to call the register method:
public ...
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Is it possible in ASP.Net Web API 2 to have different OWIN UserManager for root and a area?
We currently have OWIN setup to authenticate our Web APIs that are at the root site. These are used by normal users. We are now in need of the ability to call similar functionality, but as a admin. We ...
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IHttpActionResult variable passing null in test method
I am writing a test method for an IHttpActionresult controller. The ActionResult is not NULL and contains the required data (Customer.ID = 986574123). However in line two the variable CreatedResult is ...
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ASP MVC 5 Web Api 2 pass e-mail through
I followed this tutorial to get my live account oauth working on my asp mvc 5 and web api 2 app.
All goes well and with an additional scope I can fetch the users e-mail. But how do I pass it through ...
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OWIN Web api 2 adding additional logic to Bearer authorization
I am attempting to implement OWIN bearer token authorization, and based on this article: http://bitoftech.net/2014/06/01/token-based-authentication-asp-net-web-api-2-owin-asp-net-identity/, I get the ...
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WebAPI 2 Authorize attribute failing every time on EF controller
I'm about at my wit's end with authorization in WebAPI (at work, we have a simpler scheme). I created a project using the Single Page Application template using Entity Framework. My database is an ...
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use asp.net web api token to authenticate my asp.net mvc application
I have created a new web api project with individual user account authentication.
I followed this post and everything worked as expected
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Web API 2 Authentication without aspnet identity
I am currently developing a web service with Web Api 2 that is called from other web sites we have developed. We have a few web apis that talk to eachother to get information and are currently using ...
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Add custom key on C# Aspnet WebApi result object
I have to create Asp.Net WebApi.
I have this structured objects
[Serializable()]
public partial class OrderList
{
[Key]
public string ClienteId;
public List<Ordine> Ordini;
}
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WebAPI Custom ControllerBuilder Not Being Called
I've got a custom controller buildre defined in my WebAPI solution and I've just updated to the latest version of MVC and it appears that this controller builder is no longer being called thus all my ...
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Web API 2 returning text/plain responses
Really struggling with something I hope people here can help with. I'm writing a RESTful API in Web API 2. Whenever I send a request to this service, the response is consistently being sent with a ...
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Weird “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” error while using Moq
I am trying to run my test however the I get an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". Any thoughts? I am using Moq.
Test Method:
// Arrange
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Null parameter with MVC Web-API in OWIN Self-Host
I'm hosting the Web-API using OWIN on a Azure Worker Role following this tutorials:
http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/hosting-aspnet-web-api/use-owin-to-self-host-web-api
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Preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks With a Windows Client Application
I develop an web application by web api2.
My client application is a windows application that developed by C# , .net 4.0.
The client application sends some Json data to the web api application and ...
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Setting content-type for Web API 2 response
I'm really confused about the most appropriate way to return responses for my RESTful API that I'm building using Web API 2.
At first I made my actions return IHttpActionResult and in the method I ...
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How to return from an IHttpActionResult method a custom variable?
I am trying to get this JSON response with an Ihttpstatus header that states code 201 and keep IHttpActionResult as my method return type.
JSON I want returned:
{"CustomerID": 324}
My method:
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Project structuring and layering of a WEB API solution
We are in discussion mode for deriving the solution/project structure for our Web API solution.
This addresses the Domain modeling, Infrastructure, Data Access, Logging, Tests Project ...all of it
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DateTime Format In Model Binding
In my Web API project I have following model:
public class ModelClass
{
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Date Cannot Be Empty", AllowEmptyStrings = false)]
[DataType(DataType.Date, ...
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Render dictionary with foreach
I've got a dictionary that has been serialized by WebApi2 so that the key is the object name and the value is the value.
How can I make knockout render that with it's foreach binding?
I tried to ...
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Best practice to return different data in Web Api 2 with HTTP Accept Header
We have a Web Api 2 project with the following route:
public class AccountController : ApiController
{
// GET /accounts/search?name={name}`
public PagedSearchResult<SimpleAccount> ...
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ReadAsStreamAsync stuck in Waiting For Activation
I'm getting a Task<HttpResponseMessage> result from the server and I'm trying to read a stream from it in the following way:
result.Result.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ContinueWith((task) => ...
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ASP.NET MVC 5 WEB API with individual user account authentication
I'm new to the ASP.NET MVC 5 and WebAPI 2 technology. I am currently developing a web service for my desktop application.
I have developed the web service with individual user account authentication ...
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Post to a parameterless REST service using WebApi
I have a restful api that I need to call. The method I need to call does not expect any input. However I am not able to use the webapi client to post without parameters.
I have the following code:
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Redirect to error controller in web Api
I write project WEB API 2 and I'd like to show json result in my custom format when I user wrong url like "localhost/api/v1/" or "localhost/api", for this I tryed to create ErrorController with get ...
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HttpResponseMessage content is not getting serialized for BadRequest responses
I have ASP.NET application, with some MVC and WebAPI controllers in there. MVC 5.1 and WebAPI 2.1. There is no tricky configuration at all, the only thing is getting configured is removed XML ...
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Parent object goes out of scope when I have captured child property - when does it dispose the child property?
I wasn't quite sure how to word the question, but to elaborate, I'm using the AWS SDK in my ASP.Net Web API 2 project and I want to return a response stream for an S3 object - the stream is delivered ...
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log4net on WebApi 2.1 using ExceptionLogger
How does one properly implement WebApi 2.1's ExceptionLogger so that log4net logs the correct values for method, location and line?
What I'm trying to achieve is a global exception logger to log ...
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Is OWIN/Self-Hosting required for Web API v2 authorization/authentication
I have been trying to learn how to implement authentication and authorization within an ASP.NET Web API v2 project. Does the Web API need to be self-hosted via OWIN before authorization can be ...
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Catching exceptions in web api - Should I use a try-catch statement?
This is a sample ApiController used
[RequestExceptionFilter]
public class RequestController : ApiController
{
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody]Request RequestDTO)
{
//some ...
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UrlHelper.Link() returns null
I know that there are a number of questions here that have this title, but, having been through them, I do not believe any of the posted solutions help.
I have the following code in a Web Api v2.1 ...
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500 Server Error when calling RESTFUL Web API over HTTP
I have the following structure for my WEB API controller:
public class MyController : ApiController
{
[System.Web.Http.HttpPost]
public bool Method1([FromBody] int id, [FromBody] string token, ...
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Web API 2 Patch using OData - how to best handle case sensitivity?
I am PATCHing JSON from the client to my Web API 2 controller.
The request looks like:
Request URL: http://localhost:28029/PlaylistItem/5df2b99f-e021-4c81-8ff5-a34c013470aa
Request Payload: { ...
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WebAPI CORS - why is the OPTIONS request making its way into my Controller?
I have CORS working with the following:
[System.Web.Http.HttpPut]
[System.Web.Http.AcceptVerbs("OPTIONS")]
[System.Web.Http.Route("api/exercise")]
public HttpResponseMessage ...
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Migrating to the WebApi 2.2 RC and getting Response Status 406 (not acceptable)
I migrated to the WebAPI 2.2 RC (Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi -Version 5.2.0-rc) and I since them I get only 406 (Not Acceptable) as status response on all my queries, for example:
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