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Programming ASP.NET Core, First edition
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Programming ASP.NET Core, First edition

by Dino Esposito
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
416 pages
13h 51m
English
Microsoft Press
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CHAPTER 10

Designing a Web API

We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

— D.H. Lawrence, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”

In the context of ASP.NET Core, the term “web API” finally gets its real meaning without ambiguity and need to explain the contours further. A web API is a programmatic interface made of a number of publicly exposed HTTP endpoints that typically (but not necessarily) return JSON or XML data to callers. A web API fits nicely in what today appears to be a fairly common application scenario: a client application needs to invoke some remote back end to download data or request processing. The client application can take many forms including a JavaScript-intensive web page, a rich client, or a mobile application. In this ...

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ISBN: 9781509304448