This article demonstrates how to setup an OAuth2 code flow example using GitHub as an authorization server and a Web API service as a resource server. Thanks to Jerrie Pelser and Thinktecture for providing code and blogs which made it easy to research this and setup a working example. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/WebAppGitHubCodeFlow Setting up GitHub OAuth2 […]
This article explores the different possibilities for caching Web API services. At present Microsoft do not support any decent cache solution for Web API. This might change with vNext when MVC and Web API come together as MVC already has an Output Cache for controllers. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/WebAppCacheCow At present, I know of 3 different ways […]
This article demonstrates how to set up a Web API 2 excel file download using OAuth2 Implicit Flow. The application requires an Authorization Server and Identity Server V2 from Thinkteckture and also the excel Media Formatter from WebApiContrib. leastprivilege.com provided a lot of blogs which helped complete this article. Thanks for those blogs. The article […]
This post a collection of information which I found all over the internet. I’m posting it as a reference for myself. I need to set up a development environment where a team of developers can develop multiple projects which use and test Web applications using HTTPS. Step 1: Create a root cert. This will be […]
Web API Tracing with SLAB and Elasticsearch
The article demonstrates how to use Web API Tracing, and trace the data using SLAB, in-process or out-of-process to a flat file or an Elasticsearch sink. Semantic.Logging from Enterprise Library now includes an Elasticsearch sink. The NuGet package also includes an implementation of the IExceptionLogger interface and a logging ActionFilter which logs the data using […]
Web API File Upload with MS SQL SERVER FileTable
This article demonstates how the setup a file upload using Web API and save it to a MS SQL Server database using a FileTable. Because a FileTable is used, the files can be saved directly to the database, without creating an extra stream. The files can be then accessed using the database or directly in […]
Semanic Logging with Elasticsearch using SemanticLogging.Elasticsearch NuGet package
The Enterprise Library team have released a new Semantic Logging Application Block which now includes an Elasticsearch sink. I have also created a Slab.Elasticsearch NuGet package but do not see the point in supporting this anymore, now that it is part of the SLAB itself. One of the major features which my package was missing, […]
This article demonstrates file uploads using Web API 2. The examples use the MultipartFormDataStreamProvider class. The controller implementation saves the files in memory first, so for large files or with a lot of HTTP traffic, this is not a good solution. Links to other examples are also included at the bottom of this post. Code: […]
This feature of Web API seems to be still in the alpha phase. Not all required features are implemented, it has NO SUPPORT for self hosted Web API services. A lot of the links about this are old and the most projects examples don’t work with the latest Web API version. The official ASP.NET HOWTO […]
This article shows how to set up a Web API service which can support multiple languages and keep it simple. When localizing an application, it is important that all texts or references to language specific resources are not directly referenced in your business methods or code. Only the source or the presentation layer should convert […]
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