Working with HTTP
In this chapter, you'll learn:
About the HTTP message handling pipeline in ASP.NET Web API.
HTTP Message Handlers
By Mike Wasson|
Describes the Web API pipeline for processing HTTP messages and how to extend it with custom handlers.
Sending HTML Form Data: Form-urlencoded Data
By Mike Wasson|
Shows how to post form data with encoding type "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" to a web API.
Sending HTML Form Data: File Upload and Multipart MIME
By Mike Wasson|
Shows how to upload files to a web API and describes how to process multipart MIME data.
Batching HTTP Messages
Brad Wilson shows how to add support for batching HTTP request and response messages.
HTTP Cookies
By Mike Wasson|
Shows how to work with HTTP Cookies in ASP.NET Web API
Web API Books
Microsoft's Jon Galloway recommends these books for learning ASP.NET MVC:
Designing Evolvable Web APIs with ASP.NET
by Glenn Block, Pablo Cibraro, Pedro Felix, Howard Dierking, Darrel Miller
