StrathWeb http://www.strathweb.com StrathWeb. A free flowing web tech monologue. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Retrieving the client’s IP address in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/retrieving-the-clients-ip-address-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/retrieving-the-clients-ip-address-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:36 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=952 One of the common tasks, for logging or authorization purposes, is to obtain the IP address of the client accessing your Web API. There are different ways to achieve this depending on whether you are web hosting (through HttpContext) or … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/retrieving-the-clients-ip-address-in-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 3 scriptcs and using Azure Mobile Services from your scripts http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/scriptcs-and-using-azure-mobile-services-from-your-scripts/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/scriptcs-and-using-azure-mobile-services-from-your-scripts/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 03:33:40 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=945 Hopefully by now you have already heard about the sriptcs project, which allows you to write script based applications with C# and Nuget. If not, have a look at the readme and the great introduction post by Scott Hanselman to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/scriptcs-and-using-azure-mobile-services-from-your-scripts/feed/ 5 The future is now – OWIN and multi-hosting ASP.NET web applications http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/the-future-is-now-owin-and-multi-hosting-asp-net-web-applications/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/the-future-is-now-owin-and-multi-hosting-asp-net-web-applications/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 15:16:47 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=936 As you probably know, the ASP.NET team is publishing the latest ASP.NET Web API on a nightly MyGet feed, and you can grab them from there and play with the latest stuff without having to deal with all the hassle … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/05/the-future-is-now-owin-and-multi-hosting-asp-net-web-applications/feed/ 7 ASP.NET Web API and greedy query string parameter binding http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/asp-net-web-api-and-greedy-query-string-parameter-binding/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/asp-net-web-api-and-greedy-query-string-parameter-binding/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:05:00 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=928 Following the last article on parameter binding from URI, I received an interesting question – “what if I wanted to prevent binding parameters from query string and only allow binding from route values”? In other words, prevent passing values to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/asp-net-web-api-and-greedy-query-string-parameter-binding/feed/ 4 ASP.NET Web API parameter binding part 1 – Understanding binding from URI http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/asp-net-web-api-parameter-binding-part-1-understanding-binding-from-uri/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/asp-net-web-api-parameter-binding-part-1-understanding-binding-from-uri/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:56:56 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=920 Today, let’s kick off a series intended to look at different aspects of HTTP parameter binding in ASP.NET Web API. Why? Aside from the awesome series by Mike Stall, there isn’t really that much material on the web on this … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/asp-net-web-api-parameter-binding-part-1-understanding-binding-from-uri/feed/ 4 Collaborative route planner with SignalR, Knockout.js and Google Maps http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/collaborative-route-planner-with-signalr-knockout-js-and-google-maps/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/collaborative-route-planner-with-signalr-knockout-js-and-google-maps/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:43:17 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=912 Today I have published a new article over at my friends from Tech.pro. This time, we continue on the topic of SignalR & Knockout.js, and look at implementing a real-time collaborative route planner with the use of Google Maps API. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/collaborative-route-planner-with-signalr-knockout-js-and-google-maps/feed/ 2 Hosting ASP.NET Web API in LinqPad http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/hosting-asp-net-web-api-in-linqpad/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/hosting-asp-net-web-api-in-linqpad/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:56:54 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=903 Today I stumbled upon an interesting Stackoverflow question, where the user was asking how to go about self-hosting Web API in LinqPad. The question has gone unanswered since December, and I’m guessing even the OP forgot about it. However, I’d … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/04/hosting-asp-net-web-api-in-linqpad/feed/ 6 Per request error detail policy in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/per-request-error-detail-policy-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/per-request-error-detail-policy-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:17:14 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=892 ASP.NET Web API does a really good job at letting you control the amount of error details returned in the framework responses. And that is for both your own (“developer-generated”) exceptions, as well as the ones produced by the Web … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/per-request-error-detail-policy-in-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 4 Shopping cart with SignalR, ASP.NET Web API and Knockout.js http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/shopping-cart-with-signalr-asp-net-web-api-and-knockout-js/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/shopping-cart-with-signalr-asp-net-web-api-and-knockout-js/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:34:29 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=886 I have published an article at Tech.pro today, about building a real-time shopping cart with some of our favorite technologies – ASP.NET Web API, SignalR and Knockout.js (or, as Brad would say, with the “Webstack of Love”). Click here to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/shopping-cart-with-signalr-asp-net-web-api-and-knockout-js/feed/ 3 Leveraging Roslyn to author ASP.NET Web API without recompiling http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/leveraging-roslyn-to-author-asp-net-web-api-without-recompiling/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/leveraging-roslyn-to-author-asp-net-web-api-without-recompiling/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:10:31 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=874 Some time ago I posted a mini-series of posts about using Roslyn to script Web API, and that has gotten some great response. In that original post, I mentioned & used, without going into too much details, a very useful … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/leveraging-roslyn-to-author-asp-net-web-api-without-recompiling/feed/ 4 Adding HTTP HEAD support to ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/adding-http-head-support-to-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/03/adding-http-head-support-to-asp-net-web-api/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:27:42 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=867 HEAD HTTP verb is defined in RFC 2616 as “identical to GET except that the server MUST NOT return a message-body in the response.” As such you can think of it as a twin brother of GET. There are a … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/02/signalr-actionfilters-and-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 10 But I don’t want to call Web Api controllers “Controller”! http://www.strathweb.com/2013/02/but-i-dont-want-to-call-web-api-controllers-controller/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/02/but-i-dont-want-to-call-web-api-controllers-controller/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:03:28 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=827 A friend of mine was recently complaining about how Web API controller centric approach doesn’t really make sense, and that he prefers feature-oriented endpoints. While – in all honesty – I am not sure what he means by that, it … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/02/but-i-dont-want-to-call-web-api-controllers-controller/feed/ 7 Building Web API Visual Studio support tools with Roslyn http://www.strathweb.com/2013/02/building-web-api-visual-studio-support-tools-with-roslyn/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/02/building-web-api-visual-studio-support-tools-with-roslyn/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:57:59 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=814 In my humble opinion, Microsoft Roslyn is one of the most exciting things on the .NET stack. One of the many (MANY) things you can do easily with Roslyn, is write your own development-time code analysis tools. We have talked … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/02/building-web-api-visual-studio-support-tools-with-roslyn/feed/ 6 Building real time applications for any client with Azure Mobile Services & Pusher http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/building-real-time-applications-for-any-client-with-azure-mobile-services-and-pusher/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/building-real-time-applications-for-any-client-with-azure-mobile-services-and-pusher/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:08:03 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=794 Azure Mobile Services is definitely one of the coolest technologies in the Azure family. One of the issues however, has been that it only has client libraries for Windows 8, iOS and Android, making it a bit more difficult for … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/building-real-time-applications-for-any-client-with-azure-mobile-services-and-pusher/feed/ 4 Adding Request.IsLocal to ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/adding-request-islocal-to-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/adding-request-islocal-to-asp-net-web-api/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:45:19 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=784 I was recently asked how to filter out local requests in Web API. Indeed, one of the more useful things that developers got used to work with in traditional ASP.NET (and the System.Web.dll) was the ability to quickly check if … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/adding-request-islocal-to-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 7 Magical Web API action selector – HTTP-verb and action name dispatching in a single controller http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/magical-web-api-action-selector-http-verb-and-action-name-dispatching-in-a-single-controller/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/magical-web-api-action-selector-http-verb-and-action-name-dispatching-in-a-single-controller/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:43:08 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=768 If you follow Web API on User Voice or track Web API issues on Codeplex, you’d probably know that one of the most popular requested features of Web API is to allow the developers to combine HTTP verb action dispatching … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/magical-web-api-action-selector-http-verb-and-action-name-dispatching-in-a-single-controller/feed/ 19 Easy ASP.NET Web API resource updates with Delta http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/easy-asp-net-web-api-resource-updates-with-delta/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/easy-asp-net-web-api-resource-updates-with-delta/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:23:54 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=760 One of the great features of the Microsoft ASP.NET WebAPI OData package (which you can grab as prerelease from Nuget, and which will soon, in next release cycle, become part of Web API core) is a little dynamic proxy object … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/easy-asp-net-web-api-resource-updates-with-delta/feed/ 11 Replace JSON.NET with ServiceStack.Text in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/replace-json-net-with-servicestack-text-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/replace-json-net-with-servicestack-text-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:53:08 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=757 I recently stumbled across a comparison of JSON serialization libraries. which shows that ServiceStack.Text by far outperforms any of the competitors. Indeed, the folks down at ServiceStack have been building a lot of great stuff for the past few (4?) … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/replace-json-net-with-servicestack-text-in-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 6 Asynchronously streaming video with ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/asynchronously-streaming-video-with-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/asynchronously-streaming-video-with-asp-net-web-api/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:19:32 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=741 A lot of people think that ASP.NET Web API is basically a fancy framework for building APIs – which couldn’t be further from the truth. Web API is mainly about the new .NET HTTP programming model it brings to the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/asynchronously-streaming-video-with-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 22 Upcoming ASP.NET Web API events in Toronto http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/upcoming-asp-net-web-api-events-in-toronto/ http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/upcoming-asp-net-web-api-events-in-toronto/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:06:42 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=734 I’ll be holding two ASP.NET Web API presentations in Toronto this month – if you happen to be in the area, it would be an excellent chance for me to meet you, and dive into ASP.NET Web API together. I’ll … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2013/01/upcoming-asp-net-web-api-events-in-toronto/feed/ 3 Running ASP.NET Web API with OWIN and Katana http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/running-aspnet-web-api-with-owin-and-katana/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/running-aspnet-web-api-with-owin-and-katana/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:06:59 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=725 One of the often repeated, and frankly, somewhat unfair, arguments against using .NET based technologies is that by doing so, you handcuff yourself to all kinds of various Microsoft tools and products. If you choose to use ASP.NET Web API, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/running-aspnet-web-api-with-owin-and-katana/feed/ 6 Using existing database with Azure Mobile Services http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/using-existing-database-with-azure-mobile-services/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/using-existing-database-with-azure-mobile-services/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:40:43 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=710 One of the topics we like to come back to on this blog is Azure Mobile Services (ZUMO) – and rightfully so, because that’s a terrific service, capable of smoothly fueling your application’s backend in a hassle-free and scalable manner. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/using-existing-database-with-azure-mobile-services/feed/ 5 Web API alternative – self hosting HTTP services in native C++ code http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/web-api-alternative-self-hosting-http-services-in-native-c-code/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/web-api-alternative-self-hosting-http-services-in-native-c-code/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:42:42 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=698 On this blog, I’ve been focusing pretty much exclusively on ASP.NET Web API, but today let’s step outside .NET, and explore how you could host RESTful HTTP services directly from the native unmanaged C++ code – and I hope, this … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/web-api-alternative-self-hosting-http-services-in-native-c-code/feed/ 10 Extending Web API Help Page with information from attributes http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/extending-web-api-help-page-with-information-from-attributes/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/extending-web-api-help-page-with-information-from-attributes/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:52:12 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=685 Web API help page, available for your Web API via the Nuget package or built into the Web API template if you used the ASP.NET Fall Preview installer, is an extremely useful tool for documenting your API. That is, both … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/extending-web-api-help-page-with-information-from-attributes/feed/ 7 Realtime ASP.NET Web API tracing with SignalR http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/realtime-asp-net-web-api-tracing-with-signalr/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/realtime-asp-net-web-api-tracing-with-signalr/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:17:49 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=671 The latest ASP.NET Fall Update, released recently, introduced the Web API tracing package into the Web API core. It is the default implementation of ITraceWriter, built around the System.Diagnostics, allowing you to easily trace what’s going on inside your API … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/realtime-asp-net-web-api-tracing-with-signalr/feed/ 7 ASP.NET Web API and dependencies in request scope http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/asp-net-web-api-and-dependencies-in-request-scope/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/asp-net-web-api-and-dependencies-in-request-scope/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:15:36 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=661 Regardless of what types of applications you are building with Web API, sooner or later you will run into a situation where you need to scope certain dependencies to the lifetime of a web request. Examples of these types of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/11/asp-net-fall-2012-update-preview-is-out-whats-new-for-web-api-developers/feed/ 6 Clean up your Web API controllers with model validation and null check filters http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/clean-up-your-web-api-controllers-with-model-validation-and-null-check-filters/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/clean-up-your-web-api-controllers-with-model-validation-and-null-check-filters/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:42:12 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=602 Regardless of what kind of applications you build with Web API, you are bound to write a lot of similar code in many of your actions – to check if the model is valid and to check if the submitted … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/clean-up-your-web-api-controllers-with-model-validation-and-null-check-filters/feed/ 13 Send text messages (SMS) from Web API using Azure Mobile Services http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/send-text-messages-sms-from-web-api-using-azure-mobile-services/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/send-text-messages-sms-from-web-api-using-azure-mobile-services/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:52:17 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=591 Few weeks ago, I blogged about using Azure Mobile Services in your Web API applications and I think I managed to convince some of you that ZUMO with its REST-style API is really useful and super easy to work with. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/remote-printing-with-asp-net-web-api-in-windows-service/feed/ 2 Use Web API as a dynamic runtime Typescript compiler http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/use-web-api-as-a-dynamic-runtime-typescript-compiler/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/use-web-api-as-a-dynamic-runtime-typescript-compiler/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:38:07 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=564 There’s been a lot of community buzz about Typescript recently – and rightfully so – as it solves a lot of Javascript’s issues, and despite being in its infancy, shows a tremendous amount of potential already. One of the features … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/use-web-api-as-a-dynamic-runtime-typescript-compiler/feed/ 10 Scripting Web API self host with Roslyn CTP – Part 2 http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/scripting-web-api-self-host-with-roslyn-ctp-part-2/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/scripting-web-api-self-host-with-roslyn-ctp-part-2/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:58:30 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=555 This is part two of the series – if you haven’t read part one check it out before proceeding. Last time we did some cool stuff with using C# script files to instantiate a working Web API server – by … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/10/scripting-web-api-self-host-with-roslyn-ctp-part-2/feed/ 2 Scripting Web API self host with Roslyn CTP – Part 1 http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/scripting-web-api-self-host-with-roslyn-ctp-part-1/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/scripting-web-api-self-host-with-roslyn-ctp-part-1/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:46:06 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=541 If you follow me on Twitter you probably already know that recently I’ve been playing around with Roslyn. If you don’t know about Roslyn, in very short, you can think of it as “compiler as a service”. There is a … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/scripting-web-api-self-host-with-roslyn-ctp-part-1/feed/ 8 Dealing with large files in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/dealing-with-large-files-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/dealing-with-large-files-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:17:57 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=528 There are a couple of things to consider when dealing with large file uploads and ASP.NET Web API. First of all, there are typical issues related to hosting within IIS context, and the limitations imposed on the service by default … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/dealing-with-large-files-in-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 20 Generate Kindle (MOBI) ebooks with your ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/generate-kindle-mobi-ebooks-with-your-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/generate-kindle-mobi-ebooks-with-your-asp-net-web-api/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:36:25 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=517 Recently, I’ve been working a little on an application that allows users to save, tag, bookmark links for later reading – that kind of stuff. Obviously, Web API facilitates those types of apps really well, as data can be exposed … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/generate-kindle-mobi-ebooks-with-your-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 16 Boost up your ASP.NET Web API with MessagePack http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/boost-up-your-asp-net-web-api-with-messagepack/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/boost-up-your-asp-net-web-api-with-messagepack/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:57:35 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=504 A while ago I blogged about supporting BSON at your Web API end points. A good alternative to both JSON and BSON has, for quite a while now, been MessagePack. The main problem with supporting MessagePack in your Web API … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/boost-up-your-asp-net-web-api-with-messagepack/feed/ 7 Using Azure Mobile Services in your web apps through ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/using-azure-mobile-services-in-your-web-apps-through-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/using-azure-mobile-services-in-your-web-apps-through-asp-net-web-api/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:26:52 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=484 Azure Mobile Services is the latest cool thing in town, and if you haven’t checked it out already I really recommend you do, i.e. in this nice introduction post by Scott Gu. In short, it allows you to save/retrieve data … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/09/using-azure-mobile-services-in-your-web-apps-through-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 22 A guide to asynchronous file uploads in ASP.NET Web API RTM http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/a-guide-to-asynchronous-file-uploads-in-asp-net-web-api-rtm/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/a-guide-to-asynchronous-file-uploads-in-asp-net-web-api-rtm/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:06:25 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=474 It’s been 2 weeks since Web API has been released, and in a post highlighting the changes, I mentioned I will write an updated tutorial on file upload. File upload is quite an important topic for Web API endpoitns or … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/a-guide-to-asynchronous-file-uploads-in-asp-net-web-api-rtm/feed/ 29 Supporting OData $inlinecount with the new Web API OData preview package http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/supporting-odata-inlinecount-with-the-new-web-api-odata-preview-package/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/supporting-odata-inlinecount-with-the-new-web-api-odata-preview-package/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:43:02 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=459 OData support in Web API is arguably one of its hottest features. However, it’s support in Web API has been a bumpy ride – initially, OData was supported in a limited way only, and ultimately ended up being yanked altogether … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/supporting-odata-inlinecount-with-the-new-web-api-odata-preview-package/feed/ 29 ASP.NET Web API is released! What’s new in Web API RTM and how to use it! http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/asp-net-web-api-is-released-whats-new-in-web-api-rtm-and-how-to-use-it/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/asp-net-web-api-is-released-whats-new-in-web-api-rtm-and-how-to-use-it/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:32:46 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=439 If you have been following this blog for a while now (and if not, I really hope you will!), you’d know that I am a big fan of Web API. I have been blogging a lot about Web API, through … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/asp-net-web-api-is-released-whats-new-in-web-api-rtm-and-how-to-use-it/feed/ 10 Testing routes in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/testing-routes-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/testing-routes-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:10:30 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=433 The question that often comes up when talking to developers and clients about Web API solutions is how exactly should you go about testing your route configuration in Web API? Some would perhaps argue that in certain cases, especially if … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/testing-routes-in-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 23 Knockout.js pro tips – working with templates http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/knockout-js-pro-tips-working-with-templates/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/knockout-js-pro-tips-working-with-templates/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:38:16 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=428 Just like last time, when we discussed observable arrays, I wanted to share a few (hopefully) useful tips about working with templates in Knockout. This is not going to be a comprehensive look into templating with knockout – there are … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/knockout-js-pro-tips-working-with-templates/feed/ 13 Adding OpenID authentication to your ASP.NET MVC 4 application http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/adding-openid-authentication-to-your-asp-net-mvc-4-application/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/adding-openid-authentication-to-your-asp-net-mvc-4-application/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:18:05 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=416 I am currently working on an MVC4 project that allows users to authenticate through OpenID. I don’t think I need to convince anyone about the benefits for both parties that come with that. Users don’t have to register at your … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/08/adding-openid-authentication-to-your-asp-net-mvc-4-application/feed/ 21 Knockout.js pro tips – working with observable arrays http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/knockout-js-pro-tips-working-with-observable-arrays/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/knockout-js-pro-tips-working-with-observable-arrays/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:59:02 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=410 Recently, I have been blogging mainly about Web API, but many people have been asking me about Knockout.js. And rightfully so, because it is one of the most robust Javascript client side technology right now. I blogged about KO a … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/knockout-js-pro-tips-working-with-observable-arrays/feed/ 15 BSON (Binary JSON) and how your Web API can be even faster http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/bson-binary-json-and-how-your-web-api-can-be-even-faster/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/bson-binary-json-and-how-your-web-api-can-be-even-faster/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:07:37 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=400 I have been reading the wishlist at Web API Codeplex repository recently, and noticed that one of the most popular requested features, is to add support for BSON (Binary JSON) media type (6th on the list). Of course all it … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/bson-binary-json-and-how-your-web-api-can-be-even-faster/feed/ 23 Everything you want to know about ASP.NET Web API content negotiation http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/everything-you-want-to-know-about-asp-net-web-api-content-negotation/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/everything-you-want-to-know-about-asp-net-web-api-content-negotation/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:04:21 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=393 One of the key concepts in ASP.NET Web API, lying pretty much at the heart of it, is content negotiation – or simply conneg. I really believe that, before you start developing Web API solutions, you need to understand conneg … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/everything-you-want-to-know-about-asp-net-web-api-content-negotation/feed/ 14 Deploy your ASP.NET Web API application to Windows Azure in 3 minutes http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/deploy-your-asp-net-web-api-application-to-windows-azure-in-3-minutes/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/deploy-your-asp-net-web-api-application-to-windows-azure-in-3-minutes/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 11:43:37 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=360 Over the past months I have been blogging about ASP.NET Web API a lot. One question that I haven’t really addressed, is how to send this beast to production – because it’s one thing to develop something, and completely different … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/deploy-your-asp-net-web-api-application-to-windows-azure-in-3-minutes/feed/ 6 Run your favorite unit testing GUI directly from Visual Studio http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/run-your-favorite-unit-testing-gui-directly-from-visual-studio/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/run-your-favorite-unit-testing-gui-directly-from-visual-studio/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:09:35 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=347 If you are working a lot with unit tests and somehow are allergic to command line testing (I, for one, am) there is an easy way to configure your test project’s build to start your favorite’s library GUI automatically and … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/07/run-your-favorite-unit-testing-gui-directly-from-visual-studio/feed/ 1 Using NLog to provide custom tracing for your ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/using-nlog-to-provide-custom-tracing-for-your-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/using-nlog-to-provide-custom-tracing-for-your-asp-net-web-api/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:41:01 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=334 One of the things I love most about MVC3, and now ASP.NET Web API, is that pretty much any functionality or service that is used by your application, can be replaced with a custom one. One of these is the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/using-nlog-to-provide-custom-tracing-for-your-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 17 Using controllers from an external assembly in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/using-controllers-from-an-external-assembly-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/using-controllers-from-an-external-assembly-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:18:11 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=324 In general, in my day-to-day job, I am working with large enterprise web applications, where clean projects, noise reduction and test driven development are holy. Therefore I have always been a big fan of placing MVC controllers outside the actual … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/using-controllers-from-an-external-assembly-in-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 13 Drag and drop files to WPF application and asynchronously upload to ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/drag-and-drop-files-to-wpf-application-and-asynchronously-upload-to-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/drag-and-drop-files-to-wpf-application-and-asynchronously-upload-to-asp-net-web-api/#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:02:23 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=313 A while ago, I wrote a post on uploading files to ASP.NET Web API by dragging and dropping them to the browser. Today I will continue with the same topic, but instead, let’s build a WPF application to which you … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/drag-and-drop-files-to-wpf-application-and-asynchronously-upload-to-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 7 ASP.NET Web API integration testing with in-memory hosting http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/asp-net-web-api-integration-testing-with-in-memory-hosting/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/asp-net-web-api-integration-testing-with-in-memory-hosting/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:47:30 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=303 In-memory hosting is one of the hidden gems of ASP.NET Web API. While the community, forums, bloggers have been buzzing about web-host and self-host capabilities of Web API, aside from the terrific post by Pedro Felix, very little has been … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/asp-net-web-api-integration-testing-with-in-memory-hosting/feed/ 25 Control the execution order of your filters in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/control-the-execution-order-of-your-filters-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/control-the-execution-order-of-your-filters-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:00:31 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=296 One of the few minor annoyances in ASP.NET Web API is that you lack the ability to control the order in which the attributes/filters are executed. If you have several of those applied to one action, they wil not run … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/control-the-execution-order-of-your-filters-in-asp-net-web-api/feed/ 17 Extending your ASP.NET Web API responses with useful metadata http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/extending-your-asp-net-web-api-responses-with-useful-metadata/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/extending-your-asp-net-web-api-responses-with-useful-metadata/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:27:13 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=278 If you ever worked with any API, which, in this day of age, you must have, you surely noticed that in most situations the API response isn’t just the result (requested data), but also a set of helpful metadata, like … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/06/extending-your-asp-net-web-api-responses-with-useful-metadata/feed/ 17 Using Ninject with the latest ASP.NET Web API source http://www.strathweb.com/2012/05/using-ninject-with-the-latest-asp-net-web-api-source/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/05/using-ninject-with-the-latest-asp-net-web-api-source/#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 09:24:51 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=268 After ASP.NET Web API was beta-released in February, a number of blog posts came out explaining how to plug Ninject (and other IoC-s, for that matter) to your application through the use of the IDependencyResolver adapter. There was even a … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.strathweb.com/2012/05/using-ninject-with-the-latest-asp-net-web-api-source/feed/ 42 Attribute based routing in ASP.NET Web API http://www.strathweb.com/2012/05/attribute-based-routing-in-asp-net-web-api/ http://www.strathweb.com/2012/05/attribute-based-routing-in-asp-net-web-api/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 20:05:34 +0000 Filip W http://www.strathweb.com/?p=258 Routing is the key aspect of every MVC application – after all, it’s how people get to your application, and how search engines see it. As flexible as routing in ASP.NET MVC has been, one would often end up in … Continue reading →

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