Pro ASP.NET Web API: HTTP Web Services in ASP.NET

CHAPTER 6

Sample Application: Building the Web API

In Chapter 5, you set up the infrastructure of the HTTP API application. You created your database models by leveraging the Entity Framework code–first approach and created a generic repository to gain access to the data. You also introduced the service layer by implementing the membership and crypto services.

This chapter will leverage the infrastructure you have built and use it to build the HTTP API application. From typical configuration to extending the Web API infrastructure, you’ll experience how it feels to build a real-world HTTP API with ASP.NET Web API. Throughout this chapter, unless ...