Learn About ASP.NET Web API

Getting Started with ASP.NET Web API 2

By Mike Wasson|May 28, 2015

In this tutorial, you will create your first HTTP service using ASP.NET Web API.

Getting Started with ASP.NET Web API

This video from Scott Hanselman will get you started on ASP.NET Web API.

Creating a Leaderboard App with Azure Mobile Services .NET Backend

Use Visual Studio to create a Web API app hosted in Azure Mobile Services.

Action Results in Web API 2

By Mike Wasson|February 3, 2014

Describes how Web API converts the return value from a controller action into an HTTP response.

Web API 2 Poster

This poster shows how an HTTP request flows through the Web API 2 pipeline, and how the HTTP response flows back. It also shows extensibility points, where you can add custom code or even replace the default behavior entirely.

Pro ASP.NET Web API

Pro ASP.NET Web API, by Tugberk Ugurlu and Alexander Zeitler, shows you how to build flexible, extensible web services that run seamlessly on a range of operating systems and devices, from desktops to tablets to smart phones—even the ones we don’t know today.

Using Web API with ASP.NET Web Forms

By Mike Wasson|April 3, 2012

This tutorial shows how to use ASP.NET Web API in an ASP.NET Web Forms project.

Creating API Help Pages

By Mike Wasson|April 1, 2013

Learn how to add help pages for your web API, so that other developers will know how to call your API.

Hands On Lab: Build a Single Page Application (SPA) with ASP.NET Web API and Angular.js

By Web Camps Team|September 30, 2015

Build Geek Quiz, a trivia website based on the SPA concept, from the ground up using ASP.NET Web API, AngularJS, and CSS3.