RESTful API and ASP.NET

RESTful API and ASP.NET

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  REST (RESTful) API
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  What is REST?
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  The five keyprinciples are: • Give every “thing” an ID • Link things together • Use standard methods • Resources with multiple representations • Communicate statelessly
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  HTTP methods
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  Without REST
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  With REST
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  Build simple RESTfulAPI • /getAllMembers • /getAllCertificatedMembers • /getMember/1 • /newMember • /saveMember It’s not OK
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  It’s OK • POST/Members — Creation of a new member • GET /Members — A list of all members in the system • PUT /Members — An update to the all members • DELETE /Members — Delete all members • POST /Members/12345 — Return error (member 12345 are created) • GET /Members/12345 — Show member with ID 12345 • PUT /Members/12345 — Edit member with ID12345 • DELETE /Members/12345 — Delete
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  Hide the difficultmethod of the mark “?” • GET /members?age=20&city=VN&location=park • POST /members?age=25&city=VN
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  Support for multipleformats Like this : • /members.json • /members/1234.json Or support multiple type of clients : • /members.ios • /members/1234.web
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  ASP.NET WEB API
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  Controller vs ApiController ControllerApiController
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  Controller vs ApiController MVCController Default Route API Controller Default Route
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  Asp.Net Web APIVS Asp.Net MVC Asp.Net Web API • to create HTTP services with easy way that returns only data • returning data in particular format like JSON,XML • the request are mapped to the actions based on HTTP verbs Asp.Net MVC • to create web applications that returns both views and data • only return data in JSON format • it is mapped to actions name.
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  Web API ParameterBindings • From Query-String: Using Model Binding • From Body: Using different data formats like JSON, XML.
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  Routing
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  URL: localhost:3333/test/users/11/tweets
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  Status Code