So, when starting out to build a Web API with ASP.Net you first need to do some resarch on best practices and get an idea of how you are going to implment it.

 

Some Background Research Links:

Microsoft API implementation guidance: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/best-practices-api-implementation

Calling a Web API From a .NET Client (C#) :  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/advanced/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client

Best practice for creating HttpClient and calling an API: http://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/111882/clean-call-api-from-client-with-good-practice

Complete Example for Error Handlers: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397417.aspx

This is a generic asp.net error handling article, good background, not specific to API or MVC calling an API

Exception Handling in ASP.NET Web API Application: https://www.exceptionnotfound.net/the-asp-net-web-api-exception-handling-pipeline-a-guided-tour/

This is things we can do in the API to make our errors more meaningful.

 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 8:18 AM