Web API

In this article, we will consume an API from the ASP.NET Razor web page where REST API is secured with API Key. What is an API? Web API is the Microsoft open source technology for developing REST services based on HTTP protocol. ASP.Net Web API is a framework for building, and consuming HTTP-based services. The advantage of…

In this blog, we will see how to enable a Web API service to the server over HTTPS only and not on HTTP.If you are new to Web API, then read my earlier blogs on ASP.Net Web API here.As you know ASP.Net Web API runs over HTTP protocol. Suppose you want to serve your Web…

In this blog, we will see the implementation of basic authentication in Web API. Security is very important aspects while working on the distributed application. While exposing an API we must take care about security. Basic Authentication is a simple authentication mechanism where the client sends requests with an Authorization header with word Basic. In…

Web API can be consumed either using JQuery, Angular JS, MVC or Console Application. In this blog, we will consume Web API 2 using HttpClient in a Console Application. I have already created a Web API2 demo project earlier, you may visit below link to see how can we create a Web API 2 project. Web…

In this blog, we will perform Web API CRUD operations using Entity Framework and ASP.Net MVC. What is ASP.Net Web API? Web API is the Microsoft open source technology for developing REST services based on HTTP protocol. ASP.Net Web API is a framework for building, consuming HTTP based services. The advantage of Web API is…

This is another series of Web API blog. In the previous blog, we have seen about Web API Security, Routing in Web API. This blog will help you to understand Media Type Formatter in ASP.Net Web API. Earlier I have already written about “How do I get ASP.Net Web API to return JSON” What is…

In the previous blog, I wrote about Routing in Web API.  I have also explained, How to create a secure Web API? in my earlier blog. If you are new to ASP.Net Web API then please start from the beginning level. What is ASP.Net Web API?In this blog, let’s discuss the Web API security in details.Web API…

In this blog, we will see about the Routing system in ASP.Net Web API. Routing is one of the important sections in ASP.Net Web API. What is Routing? Routing is the process which decides which action and which controller should be called. .NET Web API supports 2 types of routing. Convention-based Routing in ASP.NET Web…

After reading this article, you will be confident about Idempotent and Non-Idempotent methods?Let’s start by understanding the meaning of Idempotent.Idempotent means  “unchanged in value following multiplication by itself” Idempotent Methods Idempotent HTTP methods are those methods which will not make any modification event after calling multiple times.For eg – If your client makes a DELETE request by…

In my earlier blog I wrote about how to create a web api in asp.net , now your WebAPIi is ready to work. Web API security is very important especially if you are allowing it to external users to consume it.Now suppose you want to control your web api in the context of security. How you…

In my earlier blog, we have seen How to create a Web API? In this blog, we will see about how to return JSON data instead of XML in Web API.ASP.Net Web API returns XML by default. But we can change so that it should return JSON instead of XML. To do this open “WebApiConfig.cs” file…

In this blog, I have created ASP.Net web api using Visual Studio 2015.If you need to know what is web api then please read one of my previous blog. Follow the below steps to create ASP.Net Web API Open Visual Studio 2015 and follow the below steps:1. File -> New Project and Select ASP.Net Web…

Web API is the Microsoft open source technology for developing REST services based on HTTP protocol. ASP.Net Web API is a framework for building, consuming HTTP based service. The advantage of Web API is that it can be consumed by a wide range of clients like a web browser and mobile applications. ASP.Net Web API…