ASP.NET Web API

In this ASP.NET Web API Tutorials series, I covered all the features of ASP.NET Web API. You will learn from basic to advance level features of ASP.NET Web API. The term API stands for “Application Programming Interface” and ASP.NET Web API is a framework provided by Microsoft which makes it easy to build Web APIs, i.e. it is used to develop HTTP-based web services on the top of .NET Framework.

In this article, I am going to discuss the step-by-step procedure for Creating ASP.NET Web API Application. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article where we gave an overview of the ASP.NET Web API framework. As part of this article, we ate going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to add Swagger in Web API Application to document and test restful Web API services. Please read our previous article where we discussed How to Create an ASP.NET Web API Application step by step before proceeding to this article as we are going to work with the same example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to use Fiddler to test Web API services. Please Read our creating first web API application article where we discussed the step by step procedure to create ASP.NET Web API application before proceeding to this article as we are going to the same example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to use POSTMAN to test Web API Services with examples. We are going to work with the same example that we created in our Creating first web API application article, so please read that article before proceeding to this article. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss ASP.NET Web API using SQL Server. So here we will create the ASP.NET Web API Service which will perform the CRUD operation on the SQL Server database. We are going to use this service as the base for understanding many of the ASP.NET Web API concepts that we are going to discuss in our upcoming articles.

In this article, I am going to discuss Content Negotiation in Web API with Examples. Please read our previous article where we discussed ASP.NET Web API Service using the SQL Server database. From the rest architecture point of view, it is very important to understand the concept of ASP.NET Web API Content Negotiation. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following important concepts related to Content Negotiation.

In this article, I am going to discuss the Media Type Formatter in Web API with examples. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article where we discussed Content Negotiation in Web API. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following important concepts.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to Implement GET Method in Web API Application with an example. Please read our previous article where we discussed Media Type Formatter in Web API with examples. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to Implement the POST Method in Web API Application with one example. Please read our previous article where we discussed how to Implement the GET Method in the WEB API application before proceeding to this article as we are going to work with the same application. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to Implement PUT Method in Web API with one example. Please read our previous article where we discussed how to implement the POST Method in Web API before proceeding to this article as we are going to work with the same example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to Implement DELETE Method in Web API Applications with an example. Please read our previous article where we discussed how to Implement PUT Method Web API before proceeding to this article as we are going to work with the same example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to create Custom Method Names in Web API applications. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article where we discussed how to implement the CRUD Operation in ASP.NET Web API Application and we are also going to work with the same example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss Parameter Binding in ASP.NET Web API with Examples. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article where we discussed creating custom method names in Web API applications. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers related to ASP.NET Web API Parameter Binding.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to Consuming Web API Service From jQuery. We are going to work with the same example that we created in our previous article where we discussed Parameter Binding in WEB API. So please read our previous article before proceeding with this article.

In this article, I am going to discuss Calling Web API Service in a Cross-Domain Using jQuery AJAX. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article where we discussed how to consume a Web API service using jQuery AJAX with an example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing in Web API which allows cross-domain AJAX calls. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article as we are going to work with the same example. In our previous article, we discussed How to Call a Web API Service in a Cross-Domain Using jQuery AJAX with an example. The CORS support is released with ASP.NET Web API 2.

In this article, I am going to discuss How to Enable SSL in Visual Studio Development Server with an example. While developing any application if you want to test the service using https protocol then you need to enable SSL in visual studio. Let us understand how to enable SSL in Visual Studio with an example.

In this article, I am going to discuss How to enable HTTPS in Web API Service with an example. In our previous article, we discussed how to enable SSL in Visual Studio Development Server. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article as we are going to work with the same example that we worked in our previous article.

In this article, I am going to discuss Routing Variations in ASP.NET WEB API with examples. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article where we discussed the basics of Routing in ASP.NET Web API. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following important pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss Routing and Action Selection in Web API i.e. how the ASP.NET Web API Framework routes or transfer an incoming HTTP request to a particular action method of a controller. Please read Routing in WEB API and ASP.NET WEB API Routing Variations articles before proceeding to this article where we discussed the High-Level Overview of Routing in ASP.NET WEB API. The Routing module has three main phases:

In this article, I am going to discuss ASP.NET Web API Attribute Routing with examples. As we already discussed in the ASP.NET Web API Routing article that the Routing is a pattern matching mechanism to match an incoming HTTP Request to an action method of a controller.

In this article, I am going to discuss Optional Parameters in Web API Attribute Routing with some examples. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article as we are going to work with the same example that we started in the Web API Attribute Routing article where we discussed the following things.

In this article, I am going to discuss the Attribute Routing Route Prefix in Web API with some examples. We are going to work with the same example that we started in Web API Attribute Routing article and continue in Optional Parameters in Web API Attribute Routing article of this Web API article series. At the end of this article, you will understand What is Route Prefix in Web API and when and how to use Web API Route Prefix with an example.

In this article, I will discuss the Web API Attribute Routing Route Constraints with examples. We are going to work with the same example that we worked in our previous articles. So, please read the following articles before proceeding to this article. Attribute Routing in Web API Optional URI Parameters and Default values in Attribute Routing Attribute Routing Route Prefix in WEB API

In this article, I will discuss the Route Names and Route Orders in Attribute Routing with examples. We are going to work with the same example that we worked in our previous articles. So if you have not read those articles then I strongly recommend you to read the following articles before proceeding to this article. Attribute Routing in Web API Optional URI Parameters and Default values in Attribute Routing Attribute Routing Route Prefix in WEB API Route Constraints in Attribute Routing

In this article, I am going to discuss Authentication and Authorization in Web API. Here I will give you an overview of Authentication and Authorization in Web API and from the next article onwards, we will discuss the practical implementation of Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Web API with examples.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to implement the ASP.NET Web API Basic Authentication step by step with an example. Please read our previous article where we discussed the basics of Authentication and Authorization in Web API. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to implement the Role-Based Basic Authentication in ASP.NET Web API Applications. Please read our last article before proceeding to this article, where we discussed How to implement ASP.NET Web API Basic Authentication with an example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers related to authentication and authorization.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to consume Web API Services with Basic Authentication. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article, where we discussed how to implement the Role-Based Basic Authentication in Web API with an example. We are also going to work with our previous example. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss the Server-Side HTTP Message Handlers in ASP.NET Web API with Examples. Please read our previous article where we discussed How to Consume Web API Services with Basic Authentication. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following important concepts related to Message handlers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to implement Basic Authentication Using Message Handler in ASP.NET Web API. Please read our last article, where I discussed the Server-Side HTTP Message Handler in ASP.NET Web API.

In this article, I am going to discuss HTTP Client Message Handler in Web API with real-time examples. As we already discussed in HTTP Message Handler Article that a Message Handler is a class that receives an HTTP request and returns an HTTP response. The Message handler is derived from the abstract HttpMessageHandler class. There are two types of HTTP Message Handlers as follows

In this article, I am going to discuss how to implement Token Based Authentication in Web API to secure the server resources with an example. Please read our previous article where we discussed how to implement Client-Side HTTP Message Handler with some examples. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to implement Client Validation Using Basic Authentication in Web API. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article as we are going to work the same example. In our last article, we discussed how to implement Token Based Authentication in ASP.NET Web API.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to implement Refresh Token in Web API by validating the clients as well as I will also discuss how to persist the refresh token into a database. Please read the following two articles before proceeding to this article as we are going to use the same example that we worked with in our previous two articles.

In this article, I will discuss how to Consume Refresh Token in C# Client application. Please read the following three articles, before proceeding to this article as we are going to consume the services that we created in our previous articles.

In this article, I am going to discuss how to implement the HMAC Authentication in Web API Application. Please read our previous article where we discussed Token Based Authentication in Web API. The most important thing that you need to be considered while developing API is to ensure its security as the API will be exposed over the network and HMAC Authentication is one of the mechanisms to provide security to the Web API Resources. As part of this article, we are going to discuss the following pointers in detail.

In this article, I am going to discuss the most frequently asked ASP.NET Web API Interview Questions and Answers. In the next article, I am going to discuss the Experienced ASP.NET Web API Interview questions and answers. Let start the ASP.NET Web API Interview Questions and Answers discussion with the most basic question that asked in almost all interviews i.e. What is ASP.NET Web API.