ASP.NET Web API

ASP.NET Web API is a framework that makes it easy to build HTTP services that reach a broad range of clients, including browsers and mobile devices. ASP.NET Web API is an ideal platform for building RESTful applications on the .NET Framework.

Tutorials and samples for ASP.NET Web API can be found at www.asp.net/web-api.

Documentation Resources for ASP.NET Web API

We suggest the following documentation to help you learn about ASP.NET Web API.

Getting Started with ASP.NET Web API

• Your First ASP.NET Web API

• ASP.NET Web API (video)

• Pluralsight Introduction to the ASP.NET Web API (video)

• Creating a Web API that Supports CRUD Operations

• List of ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient Samples

• Using Web API with ASP.NET Web Forms

• Calling a Web API From a .NET Client

Working with Data and Entity Framework (EF)

• Single Page Application Template

• Using Web API with Entity Framework

• ASP.NET Data Access Content Map

Using OData with ASP.NET Web API

• Getting Started with ASP.NET Web API OData in 3 Simple Steps

• Create a Read-Only OData Endpoint with ASP.NET Web API

• Supporting OData CRUD Operations in ASP.NET Web API

• Working with Entity Relations in OData

• A Message Flow in ASP.NET Web API OData

• OData Security Guidance

• Protect your Queryable API with the Validation Feature in ASP.NET Web API OData

Understanding Routing

1. Routing in ASP.NET Web API

2. Routing and Action Selection

Extensibility in the Web API Pipeline

• Poster: Web API HTTP Message Lifecycle - This poster shows how an HTTP request flows through the Web API pipeline, and how the HTTP response flows back.

  • ASP.NET Web API Poster (color)

  • ASP.NET Web API Poster (grayscale)

  • ASP.NET Web API Poster: Japanese language version

• HTTP Message Handlers

• Media Formatters

• Content Negotiation

Securing Web API Applications

• Model Validation

• Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Web API

• Preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attacks

• Working with SSL in Web API

• How to Access a Client Certificate in a Host Agnostic Manner

• Supporting Multiple Authentication Schemes in Web API: Web Hosting or Self Hosting

• Securing ASP.NET Web APIs (Dominick Baier)

• OData Security Guidance

Web API and Windows Azure

• .NET Multi-Tier Application Using Storage Tables, Queues, and Blobs

• Mobile-friendly REST service using ASP.NET Web API and SQL Database

Web API Source Code

• ASP.NET MVC, Web API, and Web Pages source code

• Getting Symbols and Source with ASP.NET Nightly NuGet Packages

• Getting Started With ASP.NET Web Stack Source on CodePlex

• An ASP.NET Open Source How-To Decoder Ring

See Also

Other Resources

ASP.NET Web API Reference