WebAPI 1.2 Basics - Your Server C# WebAPI Controller

WebApi is IMHO the most important part of ASP.net going forward. In this post I'll explain more about the server side of WebAPI. 

Pre-Requisites

• Watch the previous video about WebAPI 1.1 and install 2sxc and the basic demo App  

In the following 9 minute Video, I'll show you

1. Folder where to place your API-code (the api-folder)
2. Registering your API (there is no registration, it just works by default)
3. The code details like inherited classes naming conventions
4. Sending data from the server to the client
5. Simple examples sending back one or multiple values
6. Security aspects like the security token and DNN-permissions
7. Difference DNN-WebAPI and 2sxc-WebAPI, mainly that
   1. DNN requires visual studio, compiling and DLL deployment, 2sxc is happy with a text-editor and compiles on the fly
   2. DNN requires a "route registration", 2sxc does this automatically
   3. DNN requires DNN to restart when you edit the API,
   4. 2sxc only restarts the API
   5. DNN requires the API to be installed in the DesktopModules, for all portals, while 2sxc installs them in the Portals/x/2sxc folder, separating each portal and App  

Further links

• Documentation of 2sxc WebAPI 
• Documentation of the DNN WebAPI 
• Website of 2sxc, the download on CodePlex and the App mentioned in this blog

With love from Switzerland,
Daniel