1 Web APIs at a glance
This chapter covers
- Web API overview and real-world case samples
- Types of web APIs and their pros and cons
- ASP.NET Core overview
- Main ASP.NET Core architectural principles
Almost all applications need data, especially web-based applications, in which large numbers of clients interact with a centralized entity—typically, an HTTP-based service—to access information and possibly update or manipulate them. In this book, we’ll learn how to design and develop a specific type of HTTP-based service that has the sole purpose of providing data to these clients, allowing them to interact with the information they require in a uniform, structured, and standardized way: a web API.
In the first section of this chapter, we’ll see the ...
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