Henrik's Blog
Henrik works at Microsoft building software for the Web. You can also find me on twitter -- my twitter handle is @frystyk.
ASP.NET WebHooks V1 RTM (Link)
ASP.NET WebHooks V1 RTM was announced a little while back. WebHooks provide a simple pub/sub model...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 01/14/2017
ASP.NET WebHooks and Slack Slash Commands (Link)
We just added a couple of new features in ASP.NET WebHooks that make it easier to build some nice...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/15/2016
Sending ASP.NET WebHooks from Azure WebJobs (Link)
Azure WebJobs is a great way for running any kind of script or executable as a background process in...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 01/31/2016
New Year Updates to ASP.NET WebHooks Preview (Link)
Posted New Year Updates to ASP.NET WebHooks Preview about the latest update of ASP.NET WebHooks. It...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 12/31/2015
Sharing Windows 10 Store Apps with your Family
This is not a typical blog subject of mine, but after having gone through it myself, I thought it...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 12/25/2015
Using ASP.NET WebHooks with IFTTT and Zapier to Monitor Twitter and Google Sheets (Link)
Posted the blog Using ASP.NET WebHooks with IFTTT and Zapier to Monitor Twitter and Google Sheets...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 11/21/2015
Updates to Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview (Link)
Posted the blog Updates to Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview describing Beta4 of ASP.NET WebHooks...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 11/08/2015
Receive WebHooks from Azure Alerts and Kudu (Azure Web App Deployment)
Posted a new blog on receiving WebHooks from Azure Alerts and Kudu (Azure Web App Deployment) and...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 10/05/2015
Integrating with Instagram Using ASP.NET WebHooks Preview (Link)
In the blog Integrating with Instagram using ASP.NET WebHooks Preview we describe how to integrate...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 09/21/2015
Sending WebHooks with ASP.NET WebHooks Preview (Link)
In the blog Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview, we gave an overview of how to work with...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 09/15/2015
Integrating with Salesforce using ASP.NET WebHooks Preview (Link)
In the blog Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview, we gave an overview of how to work with...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 09/08/2015
Integrating with Slack Using ASP.NET WebHooks Preview (Link)
In the blog Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview, we gave an overview of how to work with...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 09/06/2015
Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview (Link)
Posted a blog on the WebDev blog announcing Microsoft ASP.NET WebHooks Preview as a new addition to...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 09/04/2015
More Updates to Azure Mobile Services (Link)
Just posted the blog Azure Mobile Services .NET Updates describing new features now available for...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 07/28/2014
Fresh Updates to Azure Mobile Services .NET (Link)
Posted the blog Fresh Updates to Azure Mobile Services .NET on the Azure Mobile Services Team Blog...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 06/07/2014
Real-time with ASP.NET SignalR and Azure Mobile .NET Backend (Link)
Posted the blog Real-time with ASP.NET SignalR and Azure Mobile .NET Backend on the Azure Mobile...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 06/02/2014
Autofac and Azure Mobile Services .NET Backend (Link)
Posted the blog Autofac and Azure Mobile Services .NET Backend on the Azure Mobile Services Team...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 04/19/2014
Push Notifications Using Notification Hub and .NET Backend (Link)
Posted the blog Push Notifications Using Notification Hub and .NET Backend on the Azure Mobile...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 04/08/2014
Azure Mobile Services and .NET
It’s great to be back blogging! We’ll be posting a bunch of blogs about Azure Mobile Services and in...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 03/14/2014
ASP.NET Web API and HTTP Range Requests (Link)
Posted the blog ASP.NET Web API and HTTP Byte Range Support on the .NET Web Development and Tools...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 11/23/2012
An ASP.NET Open Source How-To Decoder Ring (Link)
Posted the blog An ASP.NET Open Source How-To Decoder Ring on the .NET Web Development and Tools...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 09/19/2012
Link to Getting Symbols and Source with ASP.NET Nightly NuGet Packages
Posted the blog Getting Symbols and Source with ASP.NET Nightly NuGet Packages on the .NET Web...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 08/30/2012
Link to List of ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient Samples
Posted the blog List of ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient Samples on the .NET Web Development and Tools...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 08/26/2012
Getting Started With ASP.NET Web Stack Source on CodePlex
Note: Updated instructions to target Visual Studio 2012. While you can still use Visual Studio 2010...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 08/17/2012
ASP.NET Web API Released and a Preview of What’s Next
Today we announced the release of Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 which of course includes ASP.NET...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 08/15/2012
ASP.NET Web API Samples on Codeplex
Here’s how to get up and running with the ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient samples that you can find...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 08/15/2012
HttpClient, HttpClientHandler, and WebRequestHandler Explained
In two previous blogs I describe how to use HttpClient as well as how to use the HttpMessageHandler...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 08/07/2012
Performance Implications of Bundling and Minification on Web Browsing
In this blog we analyze the impact of bundling, minification, compression, and pipelining on HTTP...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 06/16/2012
ASP.NET MVC, Web API, and Web Pages RC NuGet Packages
The official ASP.NET Web Stack RC NuGet packages are now available on NuGet. If you are new to NuGet...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 06/01/2012
Using Nightly ASP.NET Web Stack NuGet Packages with Visual Studio 2012
Note: this blog uses Visual Studio 2012 but the instructions for VS 2010 are the same. This blog...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 05/31/2012
ASP.NET Web API Updates – May 14
We have been on a roll with respect to changes over the last few weeks – here’s some of the...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 05/13/2012
ASP.NET Web API Updates – May 3
Some interesting updates were checked in over the last week. As in the previous update this is a...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 05/03/2012
Using Nightly ASP.NET Web Stack NuGet Packages
Note: This blog has been superseded by this one – the instructions for Visual Studio 2012 and 2010...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 04/29/2012
ASP.NET Web API Updates – April 27
Here’s a few more updates coming your way in ASP.NET Web API. As in the previous update the code has...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 04/26/2012
Recent ASP.NET Web API Updates – April 24
Here’s a few updates coming your way in ASP.NET Web API. The code has been checked into our CodePlex...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 04/23/2012
ASP.NET Web API Content Negotiation and Accept-Charset
There are several good blogs on content negotiation in ASP.NET Web API (see for example ASP.NET Web...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 04/22/2012
Contributing to ASP.NET Web Stack Source on CodePlex
In the blog Getting Started With ASP.NET Web Stack Source on CodePlex we describe how to set up a...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 04/10/2012
Async Mashups using ASP.NET Web API
This blog shows an example of how to build an ASP.NET Web API ApiController that asynchronously...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 03/03/2012
Asynchronous File Upload using ASP.NET Web API
HTML Form File upload (defined in RFC 1867) is a classic mechanism for uploading content to a Web...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 03/01/2012
Async Streaming in ASP.NET Web API
ASP.NET Web API supports asynchronous actions using the new Task-based programming model introduced...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/24/2012
Using ASP.NET Web API with ASP.NET Web Forms
Several of the ASP.NET Web API tutorials (see for example “Your First ASP.NET Web API”) show how you...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/23/2012
ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient Available on NuGet
If you don’t need the full ASP.NET MVC 4 installer with project and item templates for Visual Studio...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/20/2012
Using MongoDB with ASP.NET Web API
MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database that makes it a great backend for Web APIs which lend themselves...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/18/2012
Using JSON.NET with ASP.NET Web API
Json.Net is a popular framework for working with JSON. In particular, it has a bunch of features...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/17/2012
HttpClient: Downloading to a Local File
Downloading content to a local file is a common thing to do. The current version of HttpClient...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/17/2012
Push and Pull Streams using HttpClient
One of the common discussions to have around network APIs is whether streams should be push or pull....
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/16/2012
Extending HttpClient with OAuth to Access Twitter
Many popular Web APIs such as the twitter API use some form of OAuth for authentication. HttpClient...
Author: Henrik F Nielsen Date: 02/16/2012