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How to work with ActionResults in Web API

ASP.Net Web API is a lightweight framework used for building stateless and RESTful HTTP services. You can take advantage of Action Results in Web API to return data from the Web API controller methods ...
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

Run ASP.NET Web API Inside Your Application

ASP.NET Web API is a solid communications framework, and many applications can benefit from breaking free of IIS by including an embedded ASP.NET Web API server. In 2011, Microsoft released ASP.NET ...
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How to make your Web API responses consistent and useful

A custom wrapper for your Web API responses can provide meaningful information and ensure consistency regardless of success or failure. When working with ASP.NET Web API, it is important to return a ...