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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How filter a grid from a tree list

The Tree has a list of car ids, group by how old was the last update. User can select a group or just a few cars to watch on the detail grid. Im using Jquery Ajax to call my WebApi. With ...
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Custom Web Api asynchronous filter implementation

Following the tutorial from Filip W's blog, I've ended up creating my own implementation for a custom ActionFilter. This logs the execution name, action, parameters and elapsed time of every ...
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Web-service for wiki-like movie database

I'm making a web-service for an app with a (partially) crowdsourced movie database. These two functions allows users to add and remove which genres a movie is liked to, and get the log of whom have ...
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Building a simple REST service using Web API 1.0

Friends, It's been several years since I last worked with the ASP.NET Web API framework. Even then I had developed with it minimally. I have a requirement for a service that will allow for the ...
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REST Web API Claims / Identity 'refresh' per request

I intend to expose a ASP.Net REST API for a project. I would like to use the default ASP.Net Identity system to provide the SQL backend. Users are managed in a different project. For my REST API ...
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Web API 2 Controller for third party services for multiple organizations

I'm putting together some RESTful services using ASP.NET Web API. This is the first time I have done this, so I'm looking for general feedback on this controller to make sure I'm not doing anything ...
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Multiple connection string in Web API 2

I have a Web API 2 using Dapper.net, and it's accessed by various client with their own database. Currently, I'm using custom header called Client-Id to identify ...
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Lazy WebAPI object

I am working to design an object which would abstract away the use of a WebAPI. I want the developer to be able to use these objects as if they are using a traditional API. My core problem is how to ...
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AngularJS: Http API Service - any improvements / remarks?

Could you please review the below AngularJS service. What it does is centralize all (relevant) HTTP action calls. Do you see any chances for improvement?: ...
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Async - await all the way

Related to this question (and even this Stack Overflow's one) I have been trying to avoid blocking the code. So what I understood it's that is preferable to make all the methods that rely on an async ...
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Change implementation from getting json from file to get it from API

I used to get a JSON file with some configuration settings from the file system, using this class: ...
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Method GetById and SingleResult

Here is my method that I use to get one entity in an ASP.NET Web API application. ...
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Controller class pattern

The GetDropdownList() function is being called on a couple of controllers based on this example and it may be called in many other controllers, so this code is ...
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Using custom negotiator and custom formatter in Web API 2

Here's my custom formatter which I want to use for "application/x.product" content type: ...
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Choose the right type for method GetById

I designed my repository class and I need some advice from you. Now I have a method GetByID that returns a generic type: ...
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Method that return related entities using OData

There is method GetFull that should use OData return related entities. When I call GetFull(12, "entity1,entity2") then I will ...
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Create JSON object from self-nested LINQ query

I created this function to created nested JSON object using a Linq query. How can I optimize this and make it more readable? ...
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WebApi action that updates entity using stored procedure

I have ASP.NET WebApi project. Some of controller has method SetAsMain(int id) that get information about people then use stored procedure update people. How can I ...
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Run stored procedure from repository using EF

I need to dynamically call a stored procedures from my repository, and here is a my implementation: ...
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Implementation Async/Await

I have a simple ASP.NET Web API project. Now I want to make all basic methods as asynchronous. I tried to do something, and it's working but I'm not sure that it was implemented properly. Please ...
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N-tiered web app to save a role

My project manager is saying that there are many bad things in my code, but they are not helping me to correct it. Can you please specify the bad things they mean? I have 7 projects in my solution ...
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WebApi Get with paging

How can I improve this code? ...
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MVC-Web API 2 integration

For the first time ever, I'm integrating an MVC website to an ASP.NET Web API 2 web service (both of which are coded by myself). I'd appreciate it if you can just look this over for me and let me ...
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WebAPI Client Proxy

I'm working on a client proxy for my WebAPI. I've looked at WebApiProxy but I feel DTOs are unnecessary in my scenario. I made an ...
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Web API 2 - JWT with X509 certificate

I got my JWT generation working with X509 and wanted to ask if you would recommend any changes in respect to: Signing certificate storing / handling. Publishing for anonymous access public key ...
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Web API using Repository / UnitOfWork

I'm looking for feedback on a repository I set up based on a blog post I read here. I have just recently got more into .NET within the past year, so any feedback and/or best practices that can be ...
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Dependency injection thread safety

Is it OK to mix different lifetime of ISerializer and ICacheProvider in this case? I am using Unity DI. In this case, whenever ...
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Identity repository pattern with unit of work

I am creating simple web api/ SPA application using EntityFramework, IUnitOfWork, Repository pattern, Unity DI along with Asp.net Identity. Unity configuration ...
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Automating CRUD using Repository Pattern, Web API and TypeScript

I would like a review of the following application, esp with how I'm registering and selecting the controllers. First I defined a generic Repository interface and implementation using EF 6.1.2: ...
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Multiple 'using' statements in method implementation

I'm learning WebAPI framework for ASP.NET and C#. Is the following way of handling incoming data correct? ...
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Self-contained poll application

I am working on a small and self-contained poll application, not unlike Straw Poll whereby one user can submit a poll and other users can vote (but only once). I am building this little application ...
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.NET REST API JSON Filtering

My question, REST API and lazy loading objects, didn't receive any answers (or many views), so here is my attempt at the solution. Problem overview: My mobile app requests a list of objects through a ...
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WebAPI controller

It return an object with WebAPI by proving some data. Is this a good approach? ...
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Small android app that gives a movie based on the chosen genre

Working on my first "big" project using the mighty Xamarin. Likewise my first venture in XAML so I suppose most focus will be going towards these new areas. Performance- and user-experience related ...
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Make a testable DAL using service and repository pattern

I'm implementing a Web API that communicates with old WCF services and want to make it future proof. The Web API consists of: API controllers Service Providers Repositories I've implemented a ...
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Different Approach to the following ASP.NET Web API Action

Maybe someone here can help me sort out this implementation and make it better. First the following constraints: 1 Controller & Action that accepts all post requests, these post requests will ...
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.NET WCF Activator for sync and async calls

I decided to re-write my code responsible for WCF calls, as all of my methods had try-catch-...
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Checking for new software updates to the client

I have written a very simple web service with MVC and WebApi. Now I'm working on the client code which will be a WPF application (and soon Windows 8 Store/Phone app). What I have done works, but I'm ...
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Web API 2 authentication with JWT

Please review my code for bearer token (JWT) authentication of Web API 2 (Self Hosted using OWIN) Are there any security issues in the implementation? Quick overview: Token creation and validation ...