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Mastering ASP.NET Web API

You're reading from   Mastering ASP.NET Web API Build powerful HTTP services and make the most of the ASP.NET Core Web API platform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463951
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Malendra Hurbuns Malendra Hurbuns
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Mithun Pattankar Mithun Pattankar
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Preface 1. Introduction to Microservices and Service-Oriented Architecture 2. Understanding HTTP and REST FREE CHAPTER 3. Anatomy of ASP.NET Core Web API 4. Controllers, Actions, and Models 5. Implementing Routing 6. Middleware and Filters 7. Perform Unit and Integration Testing 8. Web API Security 9. Integration with Database 10. Error Handling, Tracing, and Logging 11. Optimization and Performance 12. Hosting and Deployment 13. Modern Web Frontends

Controllers

I fired up VS 2017 community edition and created a new web project. Note that you get to choose which template you want to target. I have selected ASP.NET Core Web Application. Create a new project called Puhoi, which is a small town in New Zealand, which makes some diary products. I aim to create a controller for some of their products. It's good to create an example that is tangible and is a real work example. I tend to stay away from something like a book's controller or product's controller.

After creating the project, you will be prompted with a template to choose; select the template highlighted in the following screenshot by selecting ASP.NET Core 2.0:

I have created a new Controller, which gets saved in the Controllers folder:

Also, note the route for the controller; it does not contain the name of the controller:

Let's talk about what...

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