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ASP.NET Web API 2 Hands-On
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ASP.NET Web API 2 Hands-On

Build your RESTful Web Service with ASP.NET Web API 2 from the ground up and learn how to use the new Attribute Routing.
4.2 (1,279 ratings)
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Last updated 6/2016
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What you'll learn
  • Build RESTful web services with Web API 2
  • Create custom URIs with Attribute Routing
  • Save data persistently in a database with Entity Framework Code First migrations
  • Use Attribute Routing to your advantage
  • Use JQuery to create, read, update and delete objects with Web API 2
Course content
Expand all 16 lectures 01:31:20
+ – Introduction
1 lecture 01:50

Welcome to the "ASP.NET Web API 2 Hands-On" course and thank you very much for signing up!

In this short introduction, you will see what you're going to learn in this course. Have fun!

Intoduction
Preview 01:50
+ – Create the web service
2 lectures 07:33

When you want to create a Web Service with Web API 2, you may find yourself in two different situations. You either want to build a new Web Application from scratch and use Web API 2 with that application, or you already have build a Web Application and add Web API 2 afterwards. In this lecture, we cover the first situation.

Create a Web Application Project in Visual Studio
Preview 02:20

In this lecture, you will learn how to add Web API 2 to an already built Web Application in Visual Studio.

Add Web API to your Web Application
Preview 05:13
+ – Your first HTTP request
5 lectures 18:55

Web API uses the Model-View-Controller pattern. In this lecture, you will learn what this pattern actually means, and you will create your first model class in C#.

First Model
Preview 03:26

The controller implements the actual logic to a corresponding model. You learn to build your first controller in this lecture.

First Controller
Preview 05:17

We want to use our new web service within a simple website. So we're going to add a new HTML page and install JQuery through the NuGet Package Manager to prepare our web application for the first web service call.

HTML & JQuery
Preview 02:43

You will make your first GET HTTP Request with JQuery and Web API 2.

GET HTTP Request
03:51

What does actually happen when you're calling a RESTful web service and why does it work with Web API 2? You'll find the answer in this lecture.

Network & Routing
03:38
+ – Completing CRUD
4 lectures 31:31

In the last lectures, we received all available objects from the service. Now we only want to get a certain one. Here you will learn to write the server part.

Get Contact by ID - Server Side
04:04

In this lecture we're going to write the client part to get a single object from the service. Instead of $.getJSON(), this time we'll go into a little more detail by using $.ajax().

Get Contact by ID - Client Side
05:55

The first POST HTTP Request. We will create an object with JavaScript and add this object to the object array on the server.

POST HTTP Request
11:19

The last two of the four HTTP methods. We will change an object by using a PUT request and remove an object by using DELETE.

PUT & DELETE
10:13
+ – URI customization & Entity Framework integration
4 lectures 31:31

So far, we know how to make any kind of HTTP Request with Web API and JQuery. But we only get a particular object by using its ID. What about using another property, e.g. the name? We'll cover this task in this situation.

Get Contact by Name - Web API Routing & Action
07:08

Web API 2 delivers the so called Attribute Routing. This gives you more control over your API design. You're free to choose any URI for your routes, create a typical RESTful structure and don't have to rely on the routing tables of the first release of Web API anymore.

Attribute Routing
05:35

Attribute Routing is not only about defining custom URIs. In this lecture you will learn how to use prefixes and constraints with this new feature.

Route Prefixes & Constraints
04:52

You're ready to start creating web applications with Web API 2. Congratulations! The next step is to save your data persistently in a database. Entity Framework enables you to do this. In this lecture, you will learn the first steps of how to use Web API with Entity Framework and look for changes on your objects in the database.

Entity Framework Code First Migration
13:56
Requirements
  • Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition (free!)
  • Other versions of Visual Studio also work, but might be slightly different
  • You should have a little experience in building web applications in ASP.NET
  • You should have a little experience in C#
  • Experience with JQuery might help but is not absolutely necessary
  • Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are best suited to see the results of our web service
Description

In this course you will learn how to build a RESTful web service with ASP.NET Web API 2 and integrate it into an ASP.NET web application. You will use Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition, which is completely free. Whether you are new to web services or already have built a web service with the first release of Web API or any other framework doesn't matter, you will build your new service from the ground up. What you already should have is a little experience in C#. Having some knowledge in JQuery and building web applications in general might help, but is not absolutely necessary.

By the end of this course, you will be able to build a RESTful web service with Web API 2 by yourself, make GET, POST, PUT and DELETE HTTP Requests with JQuery and AJAX and use the new Attribute Routing of Web API 2 to control your REST web service design by creating custom URIs. You will also get a sneak peak at Entity Framework Code First migrations and learn how to save your data persistently in a database.

The only tools we will use in this course are Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition and Google Chrome. Both are available for download for free.

All source codes and exercise solutions of this course are also available for download, of course.

Who this course is for:
  • This course is for students who want to use Web API 2 to build a RESTful web service for their web application
  • It doesn't matter whether you already have built RESTful web services or you have no idea about web services at all. You will learn to build a web service with Web API 2 from the ground up and integrate it into an ASP.NET web application.