Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Web API 2.2

2h 19mBeginner2018-10-17

Authors

Jonathan "J." Tower

Microsoft MVP, Software Architect

Course details

Learn how to connect web and mobile applications to back-end servers and databases in your applications using ASP.NET Web API 2.2, a popular framework for building web APIs on top of the .NET Framework. In this course, join Jonathan "J." Tower as he steps through how to use this framework to efficiently create RESTful services. Learn how routing works with Web API to ensure APIs work as planned and are easily consumed by remote applications. Discover how data is modeled in Web API, along with how to build business logic for your API. Plus, learn about handling errors, securing your services, and documenting and testing your APIs.
Learning objectives
Convention-based routing
Binding your code to an HTTP request
Validating models
Using attributes to route requests
Customizing attribute routes
Data serialization and model binding
Error handling
Using exception filters and exception loggers
API documentation and testing
Securing your API

Skills covered

ASP.NET Web APIEntity FrameworkASP.NETC#Back-End Web DevelopmentProjectWeb DevelopmentOpen SourceMicrosoft

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - The power of Web APIs
02 - What you should know
03 - Technical specifics and setup

1. Controllers and Actions

04 - Convention-based routing
05 - Parameter binding conventions
06 - Parameter binding attributes
07 - HTTP verb attributes
08 - Return values
09 - Validating models
10 - Using formats besides JSON

2. Routing

11 - Routing table
12 - Attribute routing
13 - Customizing attribute routes

3. Data Serialization and Model Binding

14 - Models and DTOs
15 - CRUD operations with Entity Framework
16 - Useful Json.NET settings
17 - Reference LoopHandling in action

4. Error Handling

18 - Using HttpResponseException
19 - Using exception filters
20 - Using exception loggers
21 - Global exception handler

5. API Documentation and Testing

22 - Documenting with help pages
23 - Documenting with Swashbuckle and Swagger
24 - API testing client Postman

6. Security

25 - Authorize attribute
26 - AllowAnonymous attribute
27 - Setting user principal
28 - Overview of JSON web tokens
29 - JWT in action

Conclusion

30 - Next steps