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Token or ASP.NET Identity based security in ASP.NET Web API 2

Background I have a Web API 2 project, without any extension of ASP.NET MVC or ASP.NET projects. The API will only be used to communicate between the server and Windows 8, Windows Phone 8.1 and iOS ...
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5 votes
1 answer
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why Web API 2 has RouteConfig.cs file?

I m working on Web API project, and it is using WebApiConfig.cs file to defined routs for Web API. Web API fold RouteConfig.cs file. I have googled and they say RouteConfig.cs is for MVC routing. It ...
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3 votes
2 answers
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Web API - strong classes or dynamic?

My web api method should return some structured data about my profile. To do it I created the following POCO classes: public class ProfileInfo { public string FirstName { get; set; } public ...
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Web API - How to prevent the POST-ing of entities with custom Id values

Let's say I have the following model: public class Product { public string Id { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public string Category { get; set; } public ...
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Calling executables from an ASP.NET WebAPI

I have an Angular application with a table, and I'm considering having the console application take the name of C# programs that the user can run. I was thinking of passing the name or code of the ...
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Should an ASP.NET Web API application use Entity Framework in the API controllers?

Im a bit confused about what is best practice when working with Entity Framework and ASP.NET Web API. I am working on a project that contains a iOS/Android app and an API the app will use to ...
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Invoking a web service in a Web API Project…in which layer to invoke?

I am using Microsoft ASP.NET Web API 2 and one of my end points has to internally invoke a legacy non-Microsoft web service (not asmx or svc) . Which layer should I invoke this in? I currently have :...
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How often should I request a token when communicating with a third-party API?

I have an ASP.net web API. I would like to call another API that has an authentication token inside my API. The code flow is as follows: My API is called → Get authentication token from 3rd party API →...
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