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Web API Basic Interview Questions

1. Why is the Web API important?
2. What is Web API and why we use it ?
3. What are the main return types supported in Web API?
4. What is the difference between Web API and WCF?
5. Why to choose Web API over WCF?
6. What is different between REST API and RESTful API?
7. What are the advantages of using Rest in Web API?
8. What is REST and SOAP? What is different between them?
9. What is Web API 2.0?
10. Explain media type formatters.
11. Web API supports which protocol?
12. Which of the following Open-source libraries is used by WEB API for JSON
serialization?
13. What is XML and JSON?
14. What are Web API filters?
15. Who can consume Web API?
16. How to handle errors in Web API?
17. How to register an exception filter globally?
18. What is MVC? Write difference between MVC and Web API?
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19. What is ASP.NET Web API?

20. What are the advantages of using ASP.NET Web API?
21. What are new features used in ASP.NET Web API 2.0
22. What is the use of HttpResponseMessage?
23. What is the difference between ApiController and Controller?
24. What do you mean by Caching and What are its types?
25. WCF is replaced by ASP.NET Web API. True/False?
26. What are the main return types supported in ASP. Net Web API?
27. What is ASP.NET Web API routing?
28. HOW to secure ASP.NET Web API?
29. What are Exception filters in ASP.NET Web API?
30. Which .NET framework supports ASP.NET Web API?
31. What is HttpConfiguration in Web API?
32. Can we return View from ASP.NET Web API method?
33. What is content negotiation in ASP.Net Web API?
34. Difference between HTTP GET vs HTTP Post?
35. What is CORS in Web API?
36. Name method that validates all controls on page?
37. What parameters can be passed in the URL of API?
38. What is the use of DelegatingHandler?

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39. Web API uses which library for JSON serialization?
40. Explain method to handle error using HttpError in Web API?
41. How to unit test Web API?
Conclusion
42. Conclusion

Let's get Started
Introduction to Web API:
7 Feb 2000: Web API was first introduced in the wild along with the introduction
of Salesforce on 7th Feb. The Salesforce company officially launched its API at
IDG Demo 2000 conference.
20 Nov 2000: eBay launched their eBay API on 20 November 2000 with eBay
Developers Program.
16 July 2002: Amazon launched Amzon.com web services on 16 July 2002 that
allows developers to implement content and features of amazon.com into their
own websites.
Web API was first started in early e-commerce on the Internet. At present, web APIs
are still recognized as a hobby by mainstream businesses.
Web API Basic Interview Questions

1. Why is the Web API important?
Web API is generally considered as a service that basically provides us information or
data from the server. It is very important because of the following reasons:

It is used to provide an interface for websites and client applications to have

access to data.
It can also be used to access data from the database and save data back to the
database.
It supports different text formats such as XML, JSON, etc.
It is suitable or compatible with any type of browser and any type of device like
mobile, desktop, web, etc.
It uses low bandwidth such as XML or JSON data, etc., and is therefore
considered good for devices that have limited bandwidth such as smartphones,
etc.
From a business point of view, web API is more applicable for UI/UX, increases
interest in the company’s product and services, increases website traffic.
2. What is Web API and why we use it ?

Web API (Application Programming Interface), as the name suggests, is an API that
can be accessed over the Web using the HTTP protocol. It is basically considered the
best platform for revealing or uncovering data and services to various different
services. It is a tool that can be used to push data to a server and can be accessed by
server code. It can be built or developed using various technologies like java,
ASP.NET, etc.
Web API Uses:

It contains additional layers that simply standardize communications and
provide different options on how to format input and output.
It can be used with ASP.NET MVC and different types of web applications such as
ASP.NET WebForms.
If one wants to create resource-oriented services, then Web API services are
considered the best.
It also helps to develop REST-ful services and SOAP-based services.
3. What are the main return types supported in Web API?

It does not have any specific data type. It can return data of any type depending upon
the business requirement. There are many HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, etc.,
which can return data in different formats depending upon the use case.
4. What is the difference between Web API and WCF?

WCF (Windows Communication Foundation): It is a framework used for developing
SOAP (Service-oriented applications). This framework is used for developing,
configuring, and deploying, or implementing network-distributed services.
Web API: It is an application programming interface for both web browsers and web
servers. Browser API simply extends or increases the functionality of web browsers
whereas Server API simply extends or increases the functionality of web server.

Web API WCF
It is used to develop both SOAP-

It is used to deploy only
based services and RESTful
SOAP-based services.
services.
It supports various MVC

It does not support any
features such as routing, model
MVC features.
binding, etc.
It supports various
It only supports HTTP protocol. protocols such as HTTP,
UDP, custom transport.
It is considered best for It supports only limited

developing RESTFUL services. RESTFUL services.
It is good when one wants to It is good for creating

expose an expensive range of services that uses expedite
clients such as iPhones, transport channels such as
browsers, mobile phones, TCP, UDP, Named pipes,
tablets, etc. etc.
It offers TEXT, Binary

encoding support, MTOM
It offers support for UTF-8
(Message Transmission
encoding format.
Optimization Mechanism),
etc.
5. Why to choose Web API over WCF?

Web API is considered the best choice over WCF because of the following reasons:

Web API uses all features of HTTP such as URIs, request/response headers,
caching, versioning, various content formats, etc.
One does not have to define or explain any extra config setting for different
devices in Web API.
Web API uses different text formats including XML because of which it is faster
and more preferred for lightweight services.
Web API also supports MVC features whereas WCF does not support MVC
features.
Web API provides more flexibility as compared to WCF.
Web API uses standard security like token authentication, basic authentication,
etc., to provide secure service whereas WCF uses WS-I standard to provide
secure service.
6. What is different between REST API and RESTful API?

REST (Representation State Transfer) API: It is basically an architectural style that
makes productive use of existing technology and protocols of the web. It is a set of
rules that developers need to follow when they develop their API or services that are
scalable. It is used with HTTP protocol using its verbs such as GET, DELETE, POST,
PUT.
RESTful API: It is simply referred to as web services executing such as architecture.

REST API RESTful API
REST is an
architectural pattern RESTful API is used to implement
used for creating web that pattern.
services.
The data format of

The data format of RESTful is based
REST is based on
on JSON, HTTP, and Text.
HTTP.
Working of URL is
Working of RESTful is based on
based on request and
REST applications.
response.
It is more user-friendly
and highly adaptable
It is too flexible.
to all business
enterprises and IT.
It is required to
It simply follows REST
develop APIs that
infrastructure that provides
allow interaction
interoperability among different
among clients and
systems on the whole network.
servers.
7. What are the advantages of using Rest in Web API?

REST is very important and beneficial in Web API because of the following reasons:

It allows less data transfer between client and server.

It is easy to use and lightweight.
It provides more flexibility.
It also handles and controls various types of calls, returning various data
formats.
It is considered best for using it in mobile apps because it makes less data
transfer between client and server.
It uses simple HTTP calls for inter-machine communication rather than using
more complex options like CORBA, COM+, SOAP, or RPC.
8. What is REST and SOAP? What is different between them?

REST (Representational State Transfer): It is a new and improved form of web
service. It describes the architectural style of networked systems. It does not require
greater bandwidth when requests are sent to the server. It just includes JSON
message. For example:
{"city":"Mumbai","state":"Maharashtra"}
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol): It is a simple and lightweight protocol that is
generally used for exchanging structured and typed information on the Web. It works
mostly with HTTP and RPC (Remote Procedure Call). This protocol is mainly used for
B2B applications one can define a data contract with it. SOAP messages are heavier
in content and therefore use greater bandwidth.
For example:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope" SOAP-ENV:en
<soap:Body>
<Demo.guru99WebService xmlns="http://tempuri.org/"> <EmployeeID>int</EmployeeID>
</Demo.guru99WebService>
</soap:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

REST SOAP
It is basically an It is basically a messaging

architectural pattern. protocol.
It usually works with

various text formats
It only works with XML formats.
such as plain text,
HTML, JSON, XML, etc.
It has some specifications for both

It is totally stateless. stateless and stateful
implementation.
Its performance is
Its performance is slower as
faster as compared to
compared to REST.
SOAP.
It uses WSDL (Web Service

It uses XML and JSON to Description Language) for
send and receive data. communication among
consumers or users and providers.
SOAP includes built-in error

REST has to resend
handling for communications
transfer whenever it
errors using WS-
determines any errors.
ReliableMessaging specification.
It calls services using It calls services by calling RPC

the URL path. (Remote Procedure Call) method.

9. What is Web API 2.0?

It is basically an enhanced and modified feature of Web API. This new version
supports various new features as given below:
New Routing Attribute
Secure ASP.NET Web API using OAuth 2.0
Support for Cross-Origin requests using CORS
IHttpActionResult return type
Support for $ expand, $ select in OData Service
Because of all the new features of Web API 2.0, it is considered an optimal choice and
suitable development model that makes it easier to develop RESTful services
interfaces to different clients running on various platforms. It also supports
configuring routes in the Web API method or controller level.
10. Explain media type formatters.

In web API, media type formatters are classes that are responsible for serialization
data. Here, serialization generally means a process of translating data into a format
that can be transmitted and reconstructed later. Because of serializing
request/response data, Web API can understand request data format in a better way
and send data in a format that the client expects. It simply specifies data that is being
transferred among client and server in HTTP response or request.

Media Type Formatter Class MIME Type Descript
Handles
application/json,
JsonMediaTypeFormatter JSON
text/json
format
application/xml, Handles
XmlMediaTypeFormatter
text/json XML form
Handles
application/x- HTM form
FormUrlEncodedMediaTypeFormatter www-form- URL-
urlencoded encoded
data
Handles
model-
application/x- bound
JQueryMvcFormUrlEncodedFormatter www-form- HTML fo
urlencoded URL-
encoded
data

11. Web API supports which protocol?

Web API generally supports only HTTP protocol.
12. Which of the following Open-source libraries is used by WEB

API for JSON serialization?
Json.NET library is generally used by Web API for JSON serialization.
13. What is XML and JSON?

XML (Extensible Markup Language):
It is especially designed to store and transport data.
It is similar to HTML but is more flexible than HTML because it allows users to
create their own custom tags.
It is used for representing structured information such as documents, data,
configuration, etc.
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation):

It is a lightweight format designed to store and transport data.

It is easier to understand and is a standard text-based format used for
representing structured data based on JavaScript object syntax.
It is faster and easier to use.
14. What are Web API filters?

Filters are basically used to add extra logic at different levels of Web API framework
request processing. Different types of Web API filters are available as given below:
Authentication Filter: It handles authentication and authenticates HTTP
requests. It also helps to authenticate user detail. It checks the identity of the
user.
Authorization Filter: It handles authorization. It runs before controller action.
This filter is used to check whether or not a user is authenticated. If the user is
not authenticated, then it returns an HTTP status code 401 without invoking the
action.
AuthorizeAttribute is a built-in authorization filter provided by Web API.
Action Filter: It is attributing that one can apply to controller action or entire
controller. It is used to add extra logic before or a er controller action executes.
It is simply a way to add extra functionality to Web API services.
Exception Filter: It is used to handle exceptions that are unhandled in Web API.
It is used whenever controller actions throw an unhandled exception that is not
HttpResponseException. It will implement an “IExceptionFilter” interface.
Override Filter: It is used to exclude specific action methods or controllers from
the global filter or controller level filter. It is simply used to modify the behavior
of other filters for individual action methods.

15. Who can consume Web API?

A large range of clients such as browsers, mobile devices, iPhone, etc., include or
consume web API. It is also good for using along native applications that require web
services but not SOAP support. It can also be consumed by any client that supports
HTTP verbs such as GET, DELETE, POST, PUT.
16. How to handle errors in Web API?

Web API generally provides greater flexibility in terms of handling errors. Exception
handling is a technique that is used to handle run-time errors in application code.
One can use HttpResponseException, HttpError, Exception filters, register exception
filters, Exception handlers to handle errors. Exception filter can be used to identify
unhandled exceptions on actions or controllers, exception handlers can be used to
identify any type of unhandled exception application-wide, and
HttpResponseException can be used when there is the possibility of an exception.
17. How to register an exception filter globally?

One can register exception filter globally using following code:
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Filters.Add (new
MyTestCustomerStore.NotImplExceptionFilterAttribute());

18. What is MVC? Write difference between MVC and Web API?

MVC (Model, View, and Controller) is basically an application design model that
comprises three interconnect parts I.e., model, view, and controller. It allows coders
to factor out different components of the application and update them more easily.
It is mostly used for developing model user interfaces. Its main purpose is to display
patterns in structure for keeping display and data separate to enable both of them to
change without affecting others.
MVC Web API
It can be used to build Web It is used to build HTTP

applications that reply as both services that reply only
data and views. as data.
It returns data in
It returns data in JSON format by
different formats such as
using JSONResult.
JSON, XML, etc.
It does not support

It supports content negotiation,
content negotiation, self-
self-hosting.
hosting.
It is very helpful in
It is not able to build REST-full
creating REST-full
services.
services.
It returns REST
It returns a view (HTML).
responses.

ASP.NET Web API Interview Questions

19. What is ASP.NET Web API?
ASP stands for Active server pages. ASP.NET is an updated version of legacy ASP. It is a
framework that is used for developing HTTP services to provide responses to client
requests. It can be accessed in different applications on different platforms. It is
provided by Microso open-source technology for developing and consuming HTTP-
based services on top of .NET Framework. It is very easy to build HTTP services using
ASP.NET Web API. These services can be used by different clients as given below:
Desktop Applications
Mobile Applications
IOTs
Browsers
20. What are the advantages of using ASP.NET Web API?

Some of the core advantages of using ASP.NET Web API are given below:

It provides the best platform for developing RESTful applications on .NET

Framework.
It works the same way that HTTP works with help of HTTP verbs such as GET,
POST, PUT, DELETE for all crud operations.
It provides enough flexibility in Web API creation.
It completely supports routing.
It also supports model binding, validation, Odata (Open Data Protocol) that
allows creation and consumption of RESTful APIs.
It has the ability to develop custom help and test pages with help of ApiExplorer.
One can develop non-SOAP-based services such as plain XML, JSON strings, etc.
It also increases the TDD (Test Data-Driven) approach in the development of
RESTful services.
21. What are new features used in ASP.NET Web API 2.0

ASP.NET Web API includes a number of new exciting features as given below:
Attribute Routing
CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)
OWIN (Open Web Interface for .NET) self-hosting
IHttpActionResult
Web API OData
22. What is the use of HttpResponseMessage?

It is used to set response values such as header and status control. It simply allows us
to work with HTTP protocol. It represents HTTP response messages that encapsulate
data and status code.

// GetEmployee action
public HttpResponseMessage GetEmployee(int id)
{
Employee emp = EmployeeContext.Employees.Where(e => e.Id == id).FirstOrDefault();
if (emp != null)
{
return Request.CreateResponse<Employee>(HttpStatusCode.OK, emp);
} else
{
return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "Employee No
}
}
23. What is the difference between ApiController and

Controller?
ApiController: It is used to return data that is arranged in series and then sent to the
client.
public class TweetsController : ApiController

{
// GET: /Api/Tweets/
public List<Tweet> Get()
{
return Twitter.GetTweets();
}
}
Controller: It is used to provide normal views.
public class TweetsController : Controller

{
// GET: /Tweets/ [HttpGet] public ActionResult Index()
{
return Json(Twitter.GetTweets(), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
}
24. What do you mean by Caching and What are its types?

Caching is basically a technique or process of storing data somewhere or in the cache

for future requests. The cache is a temporary storage area. Caching keeps all
frequently or recently accessed files or data in the cache memory and accesses them
from the cache itself rather than actual address of data or files. The cache interface
simply improves the storage mechanism for request/response object pairs that are
being cached.
Advantages of Caching:
It is considered the best solution to ensure that data is served where it is needed
to be served that too at a high level of efficiency which is best for both client and
server.
It delivers web objects faster to the end-user.
It reduces load time on the website server.
It leads to faster execution of any process.
It decreases network costs.
Types of Caching:
There are basically three types of caching as given below:
Page Caching
Data Caching
Fragment Caching
25. WCF is replaced by ASP.NET Web API. True/False?

WCF: It is a framework used for developing SOAP (Service Oriented Applications

Protocols). It also supports various transport protocols as given above.
ASP.NET Web API: It is a framework used for developing non-SOAP-based services. It
is limited to HTTP-based services.
No, it's not true that ASP.NET Web API has replaced WCF. WCF was generally
developed to develop SOAP-based services. ASP.NET Web API is a new way to develop
non-SOAP-based services such as XML, JSON, etc. WCF is still considered a better
choice if one has their service using HTTP as the transport and they want to move to
some other transport like TCP, NetTCP, MSMQ, etc. WCF also allows one-way
communication or duplex communication.
26. What are the main return types supported in ASP. Net Web
API?
It supports the following return types:
HttpResponseMessage
IHttpActionResult
Void
Other types such as string, int, etc.
27. What is ASP.NET Web API routing?

Routing is the most important part of ASP.NET Web API. Routing is a way how Web
API matches a URI to an action. It is basically a process that decides which action and
controller should be called. The controller is basically a class that handles all HTTP
requests. All public methods of controllers are basically known as action methods or
just actions. Whenever a Web API framework receives any type of request, it routes
that request to action.

There are basically two ways to implement routing in Web API as given below:
Convention-based routing: Web API supports convention-based routing. In this type
of routing, Web API uses route templates to select which controller and action
method to execute.
Attribute-based routing: Web API 2 generally supports a new type of routing known
as attribute routing. As the name suggests, it uses attributes to define routes. It is the
ability to add routes to the route table via attributes.
28. HOW to secure ASP.NET Web API?

Web API has become key to programming web-based interactions. It can be accessed
by anyone who knows the URL. Therefore, they have become targets for hackers. One
needs to secure Web API by controlling Web API and by deciding who can and who
cannot have access to Web API. There are basically two ways or techniques that make
our Web API more secure.
Authentication: It is a process that helps to identify and check users by their

credentials such as password, username, etc. To have access to the web API, firstly
user credentials are needed to be passed in the request header. If user credentials are
not passed into the request header, then the server returns 401 status code
(unauthorized). The best authentication to be used is OAuth 2.0.
Authorization: It is a process that helps to decide whether or not a user has access to
perform an action. Authorization filters are used to implement authorization.
29. What are Exception filters in ASP.NET Web API?

Exception filter is generally used to handle all unhandled exceptions that are
generated in web API. It implements IExceptionFilters interface. It is the easiest and
most flexible to implement. This filter is executed whenever the controller method
throws any unhandled exception at any stage that is not an HttpResponseExecption
exception.
30. Which .NET framework supports ASP.NET Web API?

.NET Framework 4.0 generally supports the first version of ASP.NET Web API. A er
that, .NET Framework 4.5 supports the latest version of web API i.e., ASP.NET Web API
2.
31. What is HttpConfiguration in Web API?

It is considered as the main class that includes different properties with help of which
one can override the default behavior of Web API.
Some properties are given below:

DependencyResolver: It sets or gets a dependency resolver for dependency

injection.
Services: It gets web API services.
ParameterBindingRules: It gets a collection of rules for how parameters should
be bound.
MessageHandlers: It sets or gets message handlers.
Formatters: It sets or gets media-type formatters.
32. Can we return View from ASP.NET Web API method?

No, we cannot return the view from the ASP.NET Web API method. ASP.NET web API
develops HTTP services that provide raw data or information. ApiController in
ASP.NET MVC application only renders data that is serialized and sent to the client.
One can use a controller to provide normal views.
33. What is content negotiation in ASP.Net Web API?

Content negotiation is basically a process of selecting the best representation from
multiple representations that are available for a given response. It simply allows one
to choose rather than negotiate content that one wants to get in response. It is
performed at the server-side. In simple words, it chooses the best media type for
matters to return a response to an incoming request.
34. Difference between HTTP GET vs HTTP Post?

HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) simply manages request-response between

client and server. It works as a request-response protocol between client and server.
HTTP GET: This method is used to get information or data from a respective server at
a specified URL.
Example:
GET/RegisterStudent.asp?user=value1&pass=value2
HTTP POST: This method is used to send data or information to respective servers.
Example:
POST/RegisterStudent.asp HTTP/1.1
Host: www.guru99.com
user=value1&pass=value2

HTTP GET HTTP POST
Its parameters are Its parameters are included in the

included in the URL. body.
This method is used

to request data from
This method is used to send data to a
specified resources
server to create or update resources.
and has no other
effect.
It carries request parameters in the

It carries a request
message body that make it a more
parameter
secure way of sending data or
appended in the URL
information from the client to the
string.
server.
Request method
Request method using POST is not
using GET is
cacheable.
cacheable.
GET requests are

Post request is safer than GET.
less safe than POST.
There is a restriction
on data type in GET There are no restrictions on data type
method and only in this method and binary data is also
ASCII characters are allowed.
allowed.
Data is visible to Data is not displayed in the URL. It is

everyone in the URL. present in the payload.

35. What is CORS in Web API?

CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is basically a mechanism that allows one to
make requests from one website to another website in a browser that is normally not
allowed by another policy called SOP (Same Origin Policy). It supports secure cross-
origin requests and data transfers among clients or browsers and servers. Here, cross-
origin request means requests coming from different origins. CORS simply resolves
the same-origin restriction for JavaScript. One can enable CORS for web API using the
respective web API package or OWIN middleware.
36. Name method that validates all controls on page?

Page.Validate()
37. What parameters can be passed in the URL of API?

Context keys, documents keys, or anything that initiates API to hit the exact end-
point are few parameters that one can pass in the URL to define the complete end-
point.
38. What is the use of DelegatingHandler?

DelegatingHandler is used to develop a custom Server-Side HTTP Message Handler in

ASP.NET Web API. It is used to represent Message Handlers before routing in Web API.
39. Web API uses which library for JSON serialization?

Json.NET library is used by Web API for JSON serialization.
40. Explain method to handle error using HttpError in Web API?

CreateErrorResponse is an extension method that can be used in Web API controller
methods to return error codes and error messages. It creates an HttpError object and
then wraps it inside an HttpResponseMessage object.
41. How to unit test Web API?

Using Web API tools like Fiddler, we can perform unit testing in Web API. Fiddler is
basically a free debugging proxy for any browser that can be used to compose and
execute various HTTP requests to Web API and check HTTP response. It is simply used
for testing restful web services. It allows one to inspect and check both incoming and
outgoing data to monitor and modify requests and responses before the browser
receives them. Below is given some setting that is needed to be done fiddler:
Fiddler – Compose Tab -> Enter Request Headers -> Enter Request Body and then
execute.
Conclusion
42. Conclusion
Web API is an extensible framework that serves us information from the server and is
used for developing ASP.NET. It is totally based on Http and is easy to define, expose
and consume in a REST-ful way. It is considered an ideal platform for developing
RESTful applications on .NET framework. From the above Web API interview
questions and answers, you can learn more about Web API, its importance, its
benefits, etc.

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Web API WCF

It is used to develop both SOAP-

It supports various MVC

It is considered best for It supports only limited

It is good when one wants to It is good for creating

It oﬀers TEXT, Binary

5. Why to choose Web API over WCF?

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REST API RESTful API

The data format of

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8. What is REST and SOAP? What is diﬀerent between them?

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It is basically an It is basically a messaging

It usually works with

It has some specifications for both

It uses WSDL (Web Service

SOAP includes built-in error

It calls services using It calls services by calling RPC

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9. What is Web API 2.0?

10. Explain media type formatters.

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Media Type Formatter Class MIME Type Descript

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11. Web API supports which protocol?

12. Which of the following Open-source libraries is used by WEB

13. What is XML and JSON?

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation):

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It is a lightweight format designed to store and transport data.

14. What are Web API filters?

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15. Who can consume Web API?

16. How to handle errors in Web API?

17. How to register an exception filter globally?

18. What is MVC? Write diﬀerence between MVC and Web API?

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MVC Web API

It can be used to build Web It is used to build HTTP

It does not support

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ASP.NET Web API Interview Questions

20. What are the advantages of using ASP.NET Web API?

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It provides the best platform for developing RESTful applications on .NET

21. What are new features used in ASP.NET Web API 2.0

22. What is the use of HttpResponseMessage?

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23. What is the diﬀerence between ApiController and

public class TweetsController : ApiController

Controller: It is used to provide normal views.