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Building Web Services with Windows Azure (new)

Building Web Services with Windows Azure (new)

By : Kaufman, Nikhil Sachdeva
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Building Web Services with Windows Azure (new)

Building Web Services with Windows Azure (new)

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By: Kaufman, Nikhil Sachdeva
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Overview of this book

If you are a .NET developer who wants to develop end-to-end RESTful applications in the cloud, then this book is for you. A working knowledge of C# will help you get the most out of this book.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Getting to know HTTP
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HTTP 2.0
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The rise of REST
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The REST style of services
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Web API and Microsoft Azure
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Summary
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1. Getting Started with the ASP.NET Web API
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1. Getting Started with the ASP.NET Web API
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The ASP.NET Web API framework
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Background
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Building blocks
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Design principles behind the ASP.NET Web API
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Application scenarios
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Behind the scenes with the ASP.NET Web API
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Routing and dispatching
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Creating our first ASP.NET Web API
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Testing the Web API
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Committing changes to Git
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Deploying the ASP.NET Web API using Azure Websites
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Continuous Deployment using Azure Websites
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2. Extending the ASP.NET Web API
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2. Extending the ASP.NET Web API
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Attribute routing
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Content negotiation
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Securing the ASP.NET Web API
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Hosting
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3. API Management
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3. API Management
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Azure API Management
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Managing a Web API
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Consuming the Web API
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4. Developing a Web API for Mobile Apps
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4. Developing a Web API for Mobile Apps
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Azure Mobile Services
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Creating a Web API using Mobile Services
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Leftovers
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5. Connecting Applications with Microsoft Azure Service Bus
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5. Connecting Applications with Microsoft Azure Service Bus
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Azure Service Bus
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6. Creating Hybrid Services
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6. Creating Hybrid Services
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Service Bus Relay Service
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BizTalk Hybrid Connect
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7. Data Services in the Cloud – an Overview of ADO.NET and Entity Framework
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7. Data Services in the Cloud – an Overview of ADO.NET and Entity Framework
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Key layers of distributed applications
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Data and data access technologies
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Creating a data source for a Web API application
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8. Data Services in the Cloud – Microsoft Azure Storage
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8. Data Services in the Cloud – Microsoft Azure Storage
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Microsoft Azure Storage
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Using Microsoft Azure Storage in the Web API application
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9. Data Services in the Cloud – NoSQL in Microsoft Azure
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9. Data Services in the Cloud – NoSQL in Microsoft Azure
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Understanding NoSQL
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An overview of Microsoft Azure NoSQL technologies
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DocumentDB in a Web API application
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MongoLab MongoDB on Microsoft Azure
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Testing the Web API

Now that we have a Web API created, we will look at options to validate our Web API functionality. Testing is a crucial stage in the creation of Web API development and publishing. There are a couple of different ways of doing this. We can just test it by requesting the URL in a browser or write code and leverage the System.Net.HttpClient type. This section discusses both of these approaches.

Testing in a browser

Testing a Web API is as simple as developing it, since each action in a Web API controller represents a resource, we can just type the URL of the resource and fetch the results.

  1. Press F5 in Visual Studio to launch the Web API in a browser.
  2. Visit the following URL:

    http://localhost:<PORT>/api/package/1

    Note

    Note that the port will be allocated by IIS Express and will be different for each installation.

  3. This yields a result similar to the following in the browser:
    {
    "Id": 1,
    "AccountNumber": "43a2a3eb-e0b8-4840-9e5e-192214a79d58...
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