ASP .Net MVC Web APIs – for Beginners

This is currently a short practical course of web API where you will get introduction and learn how to start creating your first web API in ASP .Net MVC. You will also work on some simple but very important APIs. Then hopefully you will be able to create your required APIs yourself.

What is ASP. Net Web API

ASP.NET Web API is a framework and it makes easy to build HTTP services. These services reach a broad range of clients, including browsers and mobile devices. Web API receives requests from different types of client devices like mobile, laptop, etc., and then sends those requests to the webserver to process those requests and returns the desired output to the client. A web API can be Server side or Client side.

Benefits of using Web API

Information Sharing, Reduced Development Efforts, More User Convenience, Enhanced Security, Ease of Integration

Where to use Web API

ASP.NET Web API can be used with MVC for any type of application.

Why use Web API

Web API makes it easier for the developers to build an ASP.NET application that is compatible with any browser and almost any device. For creating resource–oriented services, the web API services are the best to choose.