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Put content in HttpResponseMessage object?

Several months ago, Microsoft decided to change up the HttpResponseMessage class. Before, you could simply pass a data type into the constructor, and ...

May 29, 2022
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How to return a file (FileContentResult) in ASP.NET WebAPI

In a regular MVC controller, we can output pdf with a FileContentResult. public FileContentResult Test(TestViewModel vm) { var stream = new MemoryStream(); //... ...

May 28, 2022
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Post parameter is always null

Since upgrading to RC for WebAPI I’m having some real odd issue when calling POST on my WebAPI. I’ve even gone back to ...

May 28, 2022
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Optional query string parameters in ASP.NET Web API

I need to implement the following WebAPI method: /api/books?author=XXX&title=XXX&isbn=XXX&somethingelse=XXX&date=XXX All of the query string parameters can be null. That is, the caller can ...

May 25, 2022
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Returning http status code from Web Api controller

I’m trying to return a status code of 304 not modified for a GET method in a web api controller. The only way ...

May 22, 2022
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Microsoft Web API: How do you do a Server.MapPath?

Since Microsoft Web API isn’t MVC, you cannot do something like this: var a = Request.MapPath("~"); nor this var b = Server.MapPath("~"); because ...

May 21, 2022
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HTTP Error 500.19 and error code : 0x80070021

I have a simple webAPI build by Visual Studio 2013. It works well when I run it from VS13 but when I copy ...

May 21, 2022
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Multiple actions were found that match the request in Web Api

I keep getting this error when I try to have 2 “Get” methods Multiple actions were found that match the request: webapi I ...

May 20, 2022
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Exposing localhost to the internet via tunneling (using ngrok): HTTP error 400: bad request; invalid hostname

From previous versions of the question, there is this: Browse website with ip address rather than localhost, which outlines pretty much what I’ve ...

May 20, 2022
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Accessing Session Using ASP.NET Web API

I realize session and REST don’t exactly go hand in hand but is it not possible to access session state using the new ...

May 18, 2022
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