Visual Studio Magazine

Web API 2 Routing Attributes, Part 1

Microsoft has recently released the Visual Studio 2013 Preview 1, which includes ASP .NET Web API 2. One of the most notable new additions to Web API is attribute-based routing. Prior to version 2, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Implementing Binary JSON in ASP.NET Web API 2.1

Visual Studio 2013 came with a new version of Web API. The Web API 2.1 update includes a host of new features, including support for Binary JSON. Learn how to leverage BSON by building a Web API 2.1 ...
techtarget

What is an API (application programming interface)?

An application programming interface (API) is code that enables two software programs to communicate. An API facilitates the exchange of data, features and functionalities between software ...
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 ...
InfoWorld

How to handle errors in ASP.NET Web API

Learn to handle runtime errors using exceptions and return appropriate error codes and error messages in ASP.NET Web API. Microsoft’s ASP.NET Web API is a ...