IT:AD:ASP.NET:WebAPI

• A framework for Http Services in a RESTful manner, on top of ASP.NET
• WHY?
  • Larger reach: making MVC apps not just browser.

    • Made to expose Services can be exposed to other machines.
    • 'Content Negotiation'
    • Json|XML depending on ContentType
    • Scalable due to async approach
    • Uses http programming model

Things to note:

• It's for services, Not intended to be browsed to using browser
• Notice the route. No Actions defined (just controller + access method).

  • The Actions map to Http Method (GET|POST|…)

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/codefx/archive/2012/02/23/more-about-rest-file-upload-download-service-with-asp-net-web-api-and-windows-phone-background-file-transfer.aspx
• Security:
  • http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/designing-a-secure-rest-api-without-oauth-authentication/
• https://www.asp.net/media/4071077/aspnet-web-api-poster.pdf
• https://www.exceptionnotfound.net/the-asp-net-web-api-2-http-message-lifecycle-in-43-easy-steps-2/