WEB API 2.

BY
AMARESWARA RAO
 INTRODUCTION
WEB API 2.0

Why Web API ?

For building RESTful applications on the .NET Framework

What are the features of WEB API 2.0 ?

Attribute Routing

Self Host

IHTTPActionResult

Filter Overrides

Testability
 CONTENTS
WEB API 2.0

Self-Hosted Web API

Web-Hosted Web API

Global vs Attribute Routing

Verb Names/Action Methods

Binding Parameters

Filtering Requests

HTTP Status Codes with IHTTPActionResult

 WEB HOSTED WEB API
WEB API 2.0
System.Web.Http.WebHost.dll

Default Hosting Process

App_Startup -> WebApiConfig.cs

Web-hosted Web API only supports a single server and single configuration file.

Global.asax - GlobalConfiguration.Configuration to config

 SELF HOSTED WEB API
WEB API 2.0

System.Web.Http.SelfHost.dll

Hosting inside of a console application/GUI application/Windows Service.

NuGet - Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.SelfHost -> System.Net.Http, System.Web.Http

console app - place the code in main function

 VERB NAMES/ACTION METHODS
WEB API 2.0

Verb Names : Get , Post , Put , Delete , Head , Patch , and

Options

Default Verb : POST

[HttpXyz]

Allowed verbs : [AcceptVerb("Get , Post , Put , Delete")]

 DELETE

PUT
 POST

GET
 BINDING PARAMETERS
WEB API 2.0

action method signature and include parameters, complex types/

simple types

simple types -> int/string -> not from the body(model binders are
responsible)

complex types -> class types -> from the body (formatters are
responsible)

Parameter Binding : [ModelBinding],[FromUri],[FromBody]

 FILTERING REQUESTS
WEB API 2.0

Filters are now part of the asynchronous pipeline

[AuthorizeAttribute] X [AllowAnonymousAttribute]

AuthorizationFilterAttribute : filter run before any parameter

binding has happened And Authorization filters run before action
filters.

ActionFilterAttribute : filters run after parameter binding has

happened

ExceptionFilterAttribute : new response object

 IHTTPACTIONRESULT
WEB API 2.0

IHTTPActionResult