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Building Web Services with Windows Azure (new)

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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building Web Services with Microsoft Azure
Building Web Services with Microsoft Azure
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Introduction
Introduction
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with the ASP.NET Web API
Getting Started with the ASP.NET Web API
The ASP.NET Web API framework
Background
Building blocks
Design principles behind the ASP.NET Web API
Application scenarios
Behind the scenes with the ASP.NET Web API
Routing and dispatching
Creating our first ASP.NET Web API
Testing the Web API
Committing changes to Git
Deploying the ASP.NET Web API using Azure Websites
Continuous Deployment using Azure Websites
Summary
2
Extending the ASP.NET Web API
Extending the ASP.NET Web API
Attribute routing
Content negotiation
Securing the ASP.NET Web API
Hosting
Summary
3
API Management
API Management
Azure API Management
Managing a Web API
Consuming the Web API
Summary
4
Developing a Web API for Mobile Apps
Developing a Web API for Mobile Apps
Azure Mobile Services
Creating a Web API using Mobile Services
Leftovers
Summary
5
Connecting Applications with Microsoft Azure Service Bus
Connecting Applications with Microsoft Azure Service Bus
Azure Service Bus
Summary
6
Creating Hybrid Services
Creating Hybrid Services
Service Bus Relay Service
BizTalk Hybrid Connect
Summary
7
Data Services in the Cloud – an Overview of ADO.NET and Entity Framework
Data Services in the Cloud – an Overview of ADO.NET and Entity Framework
Key layers of distributed applications
Data and data access technologies
Creating a data source for a Web API application
Summary
8
Data Services in the Cloud – Microsoft Azure Storage
Data Services in the Cloud – Microsoft Azure Storage
Microsoft Azure Storage
Using Microsoft Azure Storage in the Web API application
Summary
9
Data Services in the Cloud – NoSQL in Microsoft Azure
Data Services in the Cloud – NoSQL in Microsoft Azure
Understanding NoSQL
An overview of Microsoft Azure NoSQL technologies
DocumentDB in a Web API application
MongoLab MongoDB on Microsoft Azure
Summary
Index
Index

Hosting

In Chapter 1, Getting Started with the ASP.NET Web API, we discussed the concept of a Host Listener. It listens for incoming requests, transforms them into an appropriate HttpRequestMessage, and then sends it through the Web API MessageHandler pipeline. The plug and play model of a Host Listener in the ASP.Net Web API provides considerable flexibility in determining how we want to host our Web API. There are two broad categories to host a Web API:

Type

Description

Web or IIS hosting

Web hosting refers to using the legacy ASP.NET pipeline in IIS for hosting the Web API. The Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Host assembly contains the components to host a Web API using IIS. The HttpApplication object passes all Web API route requests to HttpControllerHandler. This handler is then used to process incoming Web API requests and transform them into HttpRequestMessage. The messages are then sent through the Message Handler chain of execution and finally to the controller to execute the appropriate...

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