ASP.NET Web API
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Duplex/Callback functionality
I'm looking for a way to do a client callback/duplex function from a IIS hosted Web API w/a Windows PC .NET client. Right now I'm considering a in-process Web API hosted from w/in the client to receive messages.
What other approaches can I look at for achieving this? While old school WCF has this functionality, this API is the future. Instead of polling, what type of mechanism could allow for a push type notification from the web api on iis to a .net windows client?
12 votesFor notification patterns you can use SignalR, which can use polling patterns or WebSockets:
https://github.com/SignalR/SignalR
We are working on providing a HubController that makes it easy to send real-time notifications to a set of clients. You can see the initial check-in of the feature here:
http://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/7605afebb159
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Support OutputCache on WebAPI calls
In ASP.NET MVC it easy to cache the output of a call by applying the outputcache attribute. A similar feature for WebAPI would help for cacheable resources.
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Impovements in ApiExplorer
Right now it's impossible to add documentation of the multipart form data parameters and exclude / rename Model Binder arguments.
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Please provide a 'how to write unit test for Web Api' including using Task/async ApiControllers'
The section on learning Web API needs to have a topic around writing unit tests. Web API home pages says it's 'easy to test' but then there are no topics around it. Please add a topic on unit testing
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Support Depenedency Injection on MessageHandlers
Support Depedency Injection for MessageHandlers by resolving the message handlers out of the ServiceResolver or providing a MessageHandlerFactory similar to the old WebApiConfiguration.MessageHandlerFactory.
34 votesLet us know if you care about broader dependency injection support by voting for this one.
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250 votes
We now have an initial feature spec published for this work – check it out and let us know what you think:
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Enhance the routing API
While I was working on WebAPIContrib I found several issues with the Routing API. I described it in more detail here: http://pedroreys.com/2012/03/14/asp-net-web-api-routing-needs-a-hug/
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Support Nested Routes
MVC has areas, which would work nicely for this. My thoughts behind this are that it's nice to package functionality as modules, and areas serve that purpose well in MVC apps. Of course, it would be nice to be able to host nested areas, as well.
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117 votes
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Use Reflection to Auto Populate the Allow Header
Based on the current Route being executed, it should be possible to detect HTTP methods the same route supports and therefore populate the Allow header in the response. e.g. whilst performing a GET on /api/values it should be possible to detect that the route supports both GET and POST (in fact the code I presume already has this list so that it knows which Action to call). The Allow header could then be populated with GET, POST.
The icing on the cake would be that the Authorize attribute is still checked so if the caller does not have permission to…
6 votes
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