InfoWorld

How to implement a DelegatingHandler for X-HTTP-Method-Override in Web API

Take advantage of a DelegatingHandler and the X-HTTP-Method-Override in Web API to overcome browser and firewall constraints When deploying your REST Web API over a public domain, you will sometimes ...
InfoWorld

How to pass multiple parameters to Web API controller methods

In an earlier post here we explored parameter binding in Web API. In this post, we will learn how to pass multiple parameters to Web API controller methods. Web API provides the necessary action ...
TechAnnouncer

A Practical REST API Example: Building Your First Service

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...
TheServerSide

HTTP request methods explained

The 1.0 version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, issued way back in 1996, only defined three HTTP verbs: GET, POST and HEAD. The most commonly used HTTP method is GET. The purpose of the GET method ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Run ASP.NET Web API Inside Your Application

ASP.NET Web API is a solid communications framework, and many applications can benefit from breaking free of IIS by including an embedded ASP.NET Web API server. In 2011, Microsoft released ASP.NET ...
TheServerSide

Idempotent HTTP methods and REST

The Hypertext Transport Protocol requires all HTTP methods to declare whether they are idempotent or not. With an idempotent HTTP method, multiple invocations always leave the data on the server in ...