Pro ASP.NET Core MVC 2

© Adam Freeman 2017

Adam Freeman, Pro ASP.NET Core MVC 2, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3150-0_20

20. API Controllers

Adam Freeman¹ 

(1)London, UK

Not all controllers are used to send HTML documents to clients. There are also API controllers, which are used to provide access to an application’s data. This is a feature that was previously provided through the separate Web API framework but has now been integrated into ASP.NET Core MVC. In this chapter, I explain the role that API controllers play in a web application, describe the problems they solve, and demonstrate how they are created, tested, and used. Table 20-1 puts API controllers in context.

Table 20-1. Putting API Controllers in Context

Question	Answer
What are they?	API controllers ...