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Deep Dive into OWIN Katana

by kusnaditjung

Web specification and framework

Building an Angular 13 Application with .NET 6 (Global Market) - Part 1

by Fred Song (Melbourne)

Build a simple finance application with Angular 13 and .NET 6

ASP.NET Web Api: Unwrapping HTTP Error Results and Model State Dictionaries Client-Side

by John Atten

When working with ASP.NET Web Api from a .NET client, one of the more confounding things can be handling the case where errors are returned from the Api. Specifically, unwrapping the various types of errors which may be returned from a specific API action method, and translating the error content in

ASP.NET Core and Web API: A Custom Wrapper for Managing Exceptions and Consistent Responses

by Vincent Maverick Durano

This article will talk about how to implement a custom wrapper for your ASP.NET Core and Web API applications for managing exceptions, providing meaningful and consistent responses to consumers.

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Intended Solutions for Intentional Limitations of Strongly Typed OpenAPI Client Generators

by Zijian

Use the codes generated by OpenApiClientGen in real world applications

Generate Typed Forms of Angular Reactive Forms from Swagger / OpenAPI definitions

by Zijian

Construct Angular Reactive Forms of client data models through generated Angular TypeScript codes

Generate Typed FormGroup of Angular Reactive Forms with ASP.NET Core Web API

by Zijian

Construct Angular Reactive Forms of client data models through generated codes

Tour of Heroes: MAUI, with ASP.NET Core 8 Backend

by Zijian

A series of articles comparing programmer experiences of Angular, Aurelia, React, Vue, Xamarin and MAUI

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WebAPI

Deep Dive into OWIN Katana

17 Sep 2020 by kusnaditjung

Web specification and framework

Building an Angular 13 Application with .NET 6 (Global Market) - Part 1

19 May 2022 by Fred Song (Melbourne)

Build a simple finance application with Angular 13 and .NET 6

ASP.NET Web Api: Unwrapping HTTP Error Results and Model State Dictionaries Client-Side

3 Oct 2014 by John Atten

When working with ASP.NET Web Api from a .NET client, one of the more confounding things can be handling the case where errors are returned from the Api. Specifically, unwrapping the various types of errors which may be returned from a specific API action method, and translating the error content in

ASP.NET Core and Web API: A Custom Wrapper for Managing Exceptions and Consistent Responses

4 Jun 2020 by Vincent Maverick Durano

This article will talk about how to implement a custom wrapper for your ASP.NET Core and Web API applications for managing exceptions, providing meaningful and consistent responses to consumers.

Building an Angular 13 Application with .NET 6 (Global Market) - Part 2

7 Jun 2022 by Fred Song (Melbourne)

Build a simple finance application with Angular 13 and .NET 6

ASP.NET Core: Compile Once, Host Everywhere

21 Nov 2016 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

How to host a cross-platform ASP.NET Core application

ASP.NET Core Angular 2 EF 1.0.1 Web API Using Template Pack

25 Dec 2016 by syed shanu

In this article, let’s see how to create our first ASP.NET Core Angular 2 Starter Application (.NET Core) using Template pack using Entity Framework 1.0.1 and Web API to display data from the database to our Angular2 and ASP.NET Core web application.

Formatters and Content Negotiation in ASP.NET Web API 2

5 Jul 2016 by Akhil Mittal

This article will focus on practical aspects of formatters and content negotiation in ASP.NET Web API

ApiBoilerPlate: New Features and Improvements for Building ASP.NET Core 3 APIs

1 Dec 2019 by Vincent Maverick Durano

The new version of ApiBoilerPlate has recently been released. In this post, we will take a look at the new features added to the template.

Introducing Server Side Analytics for ASP.NET Core

20 Aug 2018 by TheQult

Simple middleware to add server side analytics functions to ASP.NET Core

CRUD Operations with ASP.NET Web API using FluentNHibernate, Repository Pattern

16 Oct 2014 by Gaurav Aroraa

In this step-by-step article, we will discuss all about CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) operations with Web API using Repository pattern.

JWT Security Part 2, Secure REST Service

4 Sep 2017 by Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC All Build with .NET Core

Map a Complex Object to a List of Objects using AutoMapper

26 Jul 2022 by DiponRoy

Conversion of complex object to a list of objects

JWT Security Part 3 - Secure MVC Application

4 Sep 2017 by Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC all build with .NET Core

Why HTML5? Why Not? UI / UX Versus Storage Challenge (Part 3 of N)

7 Jan 2022 by raddevus

Includes complete C# Web API which allows you to post your app data using simple method

Business Objects != Data Contracts

17 Jun 2014 by Terrence Sheflin

I’ve had to build several enterprise size applications over the years, and one of the biggest mistakes I ever made was to re-use the business objects as my data contracts.

Enable Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in ASP.NET Core

27 Oct 2016 by Shashangka Shekhar

In this article, we will focus on how to enable CORS in ASP.NET Core application, get knowledge about CORS policy how we can share resource through different origin.

Angular 6 Application with Cosmos DB and Web API 2

12 Aug 2018 by Sarathlal Saseendran

We will create an Angular 6 application with Cosmos DB and Web API 2.0.

How to Create a Hotel Room Availability Calendar with C#

4 May 2023 by JayWalks

A walkthrough of code solving a real world problem

VRT - Realtime HTML5 Data Visualization Application

11 Nov 2015 by Odd Marthon

A versatile visualization web browser application using standard web technologies.

How Do You Post to a Web API Controller from an MVC Controller?

4 Jan 2016 by levelnis

How do you post to a Web API controller from an MVC controller?

Secure ASP.NET Core Web API using API Key Authentication

29 Nov 2020 by Aram Tchekrekjian

Easily secure ASP.NET Core Web API using API Key Authentication - just follow a few steps and secure your endpoints

All webservices are API but not all API's a webservice? Is this true?

4 Oct 2013 by Sampath Lokuge

Web Service1.It is based on SOAP and return data in XML form.2.It support only HTTP protocol.3.It is not open source but can be consumed by any client that understands xml.4.It can be hosted only on IIS.WCF1.It is also based on SOAP and return data in XML form.2.It is...

Session Manager Utility for ASP.NET

6 Jul 2014 by DiponRoy

Session Manager Utility for ASP.NET

Authenticate WebAPIs with Basic and Windows Authentication

1 Jun 2015 by Mathi Mani

Authenticate WebAPIs with Basic and Windows authentication

Paging and Sorting using ASP .NET Core Razor Page, Web API, and Entity Framework

15 Jan 2021 by DotNetLead.com

How to implement paging and sorting to yield good performance

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How to pass parameter in universal date format as api/controllername/actioname/id/custname/2014-02-21T23:51:32:031Z

5 Sep 2014 by OriginalGriff

You can't use ":" in the Url - it won't work.Instead, why not your the value that DateTime is based around: the Ticks property? It's an Int64 value so there is no problem in transferring it around, and DateTime has a constructor which works from it directly.

How to Self Host Web API 2 in ASP.NET Web Forms Application using OWIN

17 Dec 2014 by Mathi Mani

Self Host Web API 2 in ASP.NET web forms application using OWIN

Call WebAPI's PUT method with complex input type from C#

29 Apr 2015 by Mathi Mani

In this article we will learn how to call WebAPI's PUT method with complex input type from C# using model input

Discussing Web API2 Route Constraints

24 Dec 2015 by Gaurav Aroraa

Discussing Web API2 Route constraints

Huge data to show on browser using AngularJS, all the browsers are getting crased

10 Jan 2016 by OriginalGriff

Because you are doing something extremely silly.You are trying to present 80,000 rows containing at least 90 columns each of data to your user, and expecting him to find the row he is interested in by scrolling and hoping.Think about it: you you want to revisit a web site if it did that to...

LiteApi internals (or how to build your own WebAPI middleware)

1 Jul 2017 by Milan Stanacev

This article covers internal workings of LiteApi and explains aspects of creating MVC-like WebAPI middleware running on ASP.NET Core .

Decimal value 0110 is getting converted to 72?

11 Jan 2017 by Jochen Arndt

0110 is the octal representation for the decimal value 72.With C/C++, octal values are indicated by a leading zero. It seems that the input is parsed by a module build from C/C++ (C# does not support them).The problem should get solved by removing the leading zero:[ { "Cost":...

Sample MVC, AngularJs with WebAPI to Update DB

5 Oct 2017 by Vijay Andugula

Example for database Update and Insert using Angular, Web APIs

Cannot deserialize the current json object because(e.g.{"name":"value"}) into type because the type requires a json array (e.g.[1, 2, 3])

15 Oct 2018 by Andy Lanng

The following Json { "success": 1, "login": [ { "username": "123456", "password": "123456", "store_authority": "Yes", "fyear": "2018-19" } ] } Is not an enumerable of "Root Objects. It contains a list but isn't one. The correct way to deserialize it is:...

Using SQL Server 2017 Docker Container for Local Web API development in .NET Core

14 Jul 2019 by Viswanatha Swamy

In this article, we will be looking at how to use SQL Server 2017 Docker image for Local Web API development.

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.NET Core Microservices in the Enterprise: Logger as Microservice

21 Aug 2021 by freedeveloper

Use the logger system as other Microservices in your eco-system

Intended Solutions for Intentional Limitations of Strongly Typed OpenAPI Client Generators

1 Feb 2024 by Zijian

Use the codes generated by OpenApiClientGen in real world applications

Hi all. I'm new, have a project and having a hard time where to start. Please take a look inside to help! Thanks :)

28 Oct 2012 by pasztorpisti

HTTP is a simple protocol. You make a tcp connection and send a request then wait for the response. You repeat this over and over. In case of HTTP 1.0 you always make new connections for each request while in HTTP 1.1 you can send and receive multiple requests over the same connection (you can...

password - how do I change it?

12 Nov 2012 by OriginalGriff

Look in the top right of this screen: hover you mouse over your user name.Select the option "My Settings".In the page that comes up, about half way down is "Password" with a clicky beside it labeled "Change..." - I'm sure you know what to do with that! :laugh:Remember to tick the "Remember...

how to call a web service from C# console application

31 Aug 2013 by ridoy

Check these:How to: Call a Web Service[^] Introduction to Web Services in C#[^]Web Services C Sharp .NET End to End Tutorial[^]

How to use my own DataBase on Web Api Owin Identity

22 Jan 2015 by Mohan Gopi

Maybe can be useful to somebody, I found the answer here: You will get the Solution if you refer the the follwing links......

How Do You Display WebAPI Model Errors in MVC?

4 Jan 2016 by levelnis

How do you display WebAPI model errors in MVC?

Updating the entity framework at runtime

18 Feb 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak

You're asking WAY too much of EF. If this was a requirement (change the DB schema on-the-fly) EF should never have been used.

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OWASP #6 Preventing Sensitive Data Exposure in ASP.NET – Part 2

26 Feb 2016 by Max R McCarty

How are you storing that sensitive application data and should you be?

Change datetime in model to only return time only in C# web api

12 May 2016 by F-ES Sitecore

DateTime can't hold just a time, the clue is in the class name :)Just return the DateTime as it is and your view can convert the value to a string when it shows it, just ignoring the date part and showing only the time.

Response to Preflight Request Doesn't Pass Access Control Check: The 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin'

28 Jun 2016 by Rajendra Kumar Sahu

Fix To Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: The 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header contains multiple values

Integrate Azure AD B2C with ASP.NET MVC Web App – Part 3

30 Aug 2016 by Taiseer Joudeh

This is the third part of the tutorial which will cover Using Azure AD B2C tenant with ASP.NET Web API 2 and various front-end clients. Azure Active Directory B2C Overview and Policies Management – (Part 1) Secure ASP.NET Web API 2 using Azure AD B2C – (Part 2) Integrate Azure Active Dir

Converting json string to datatable

13 Sep 2016 by Maciej Los

Start here: c# - Convert JSON to DataTable - Stack Overflow[^] and/or here: Json to DataSet/DataTable[^]Recommended method:DataTable tester = (DataTable) JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json, (typeof(DataTable)));

How to get a data from datatable to list

5 Oct 2016 by Andy Lanng

You're going to kick yourself when you see it :Pchange id = Convert.ToInt32(_dt.Rows[0]["id"].ToString())to id = Convert.ToInt32(dr["id"].ToString())do that for each item in the linq query

Using Mongo with SSL and GO

3 Jan 2017 by Fitim Skenderi

Connecting securely to MongoDB by using SSL from GO

Unable to access my web api data directly by typing the url from a browser

18 Jan 2017 by Richard Deeming

Assuming you don't have a firewall between the two computers, just replace "localhost" with the name or IP address of your computer.So instead of: http://localhost:port/api/employeesUse: http://your-pc-name:port/api/employeesIf you have a firewall between the computers, you'll either...

How to generate random unique and secure token in webapi without using owin, identity or jwt library?

30 Mar 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

You may use this, RNGCryptoServiceProvider Class (System.Security.Cryptography)[^] and it provides a secure random — not a seeded random number. In most secure cases this is the random number generator that should be used instead of the plain old Random class of the .NET framework. You can read...

Maintain session in subsequent request in WEB API for OTP verification

18 Apr 2018 by WAMCE

I am working on one MVC application, where there is separate WEB API project also. Now I want to implement update email functionality based on OTP verification from mobile via WEB API. Web API is stateless but still, I want to implement SESSION in my code so that I can access OTP value in...

Integrating SharePoint with OutSystems

22 Aug 2018 by Chris A. Johnson

By Chris Johnson @ kolaberate.com Integrating SharePoint with Out Systems Introduction This article is about accessing your Office 365 SharePoint application via the SharePoint API to fetch or update its resources specifically using REST API services from OutSystems.

Web API and a sqlserver sqlconnection

28 Sep 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak

Your trying to write code at the class level instead of in methods in the class. That's not going to work. In your controller, you're putting the code in the method Index. That's not true in your DAL class.

Httpclient authorization issue

1 Jun 2019 by Thomas Daniels

If I understand it correctly, your API only accepts the exact string apwerfhafdh>0923817adfhhasfd

How to covert crystal report to bmp and send to response in web API using ASP.NET C#

19 Sep 2019 by MadMyche

Wants, capabilities, and reality can be vastly different. 1. You want to convert into BMP format and use it on the web. While it is supported by most major browsers, it is one of the least desirable image formats to use on the web as it is big and bulky. It would be much more desirable to use...

ASP.NET Core with AutoWrapper: Customizing the Default Response Output

18 Oct 2019 by Vincent Maverick Durano

Highlights the detail about what's new in AutoWrapper Version 2. AutoWrapper is a simple, yet customizable global exception handler and response wrapper for ASP.NET Core APIs

How to get data from web api in c#windows application

15 Jan 2020 by phil.o

You should type "c# get web api data" in your favourite search engine, and follow the links and examples which it will provide to you. This is a quick answers forum, it is not meant to provide full tutorials on such large topics.

ASP.NET Core: Deploy Web API and Angular from the Same Project to the Same IIS Port

13 Jul 2020 by DiponRoy

Deploy Web API and Angular from the same project to the same IIS port

Getting error "message": "could not find file 'D:\\home\\site\\wwwroot\\PDF_report.pdf'.",

17 Aug 2021 by Richard Deeming

Quote: string[] str = response.RequestMessage.RequestUri.LocalPath.Split('/'); // str contains: { ..., "PDF_Report.aspx" } ... str[str.Length - 1] = str[str.Length - 1].Replace(".aspx", ".pdf"); // str contains: { ..., "PDF_Report.pdf" } var...

Object reference not set to an instance of an object

7 Feb 2022 by OriginalGriff

This is one of the most common problems we get asked, and it's also the one we are least equipped to answer, but you are most equipped to answer yourself. Let me just explain what the error means: You have tried to use a variable, property, or a...

Tour of Heroes: MAUI, with ASP.NET Core 8 Backend

8 Dec 2023 by Zijian

A series of articles comparing programmer experiences of Angular, Aurelia, React, Vue, Xamarin and MAUI

Generate Typed Forms of Angular Reactive Forms from Swagger / OpenAPI definitions

10 Jan 2024 by Zijian

Construct Angular Reactive Forms of client data models through generated Angular TypeScript codes

Generate Typed FormGroup of Angular Reactive Forms with ASP.NET Core Web API

9 Jan 2024 by Zijian

Construct Angular Reactive Forms of client data models through generated codes

How can I authenticate the authorized user for approval through email?

10 Apr 2024 by Graeme_Grant

Quote: When Manager clicks either of the link, it hits the endpoint and their response is Captured in Database. To prevent sharing, the only option is for the intended recipient to log back in, then you verify both the account used to sign in...

How to get the selcted Column HeaderText(CommandField)

28 Jul 2012 by Christian Graus

There's an object passed in to your event. Check what it is, perhaps you can cast it to work out which button it was ( you should be able to ). Also check the eventargs on the event, if it's not an EventArgs, but a derived class, it's derived to give you the info you want.

OData Support in ASP .NET MVC 4 Web API Using Visual Studio 2012

18 Oct 2012 by mohsen_alikhani

If you followed this URL : OData support in ASP.NET Web API[]You will see that the MVC 4 Web API version alpha have solution for it but we want supporting it in finalized version !!!

OData Support in ASP .NET MVC 4 Web API Using Visual Studio 2012

19 Oct 2012 by mohsen_alikhani

The document of the following URL lays out a roadmap for ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, and ASP.NET Web Pages : http://aspnetwebstack.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Roadmap []

OData Support in ASP .NET MVC 4 Web API Using Visual Studio 2012

31 Oct 2012 by mohsen_alikhani

There is no full support for OData in web app at the moment.

Relational data in Odata supported web api

25 Feb 2013 by CodeBlack

Hi,I am currently working on (basically researching) on OData. So I am new to open data protocol. And i want to use this facility with my web api project. As per the requirement i want to fetch the relational data. Basically a data from Parent and Child tables. Everything seems to be...

Web Api Is not returning after action is successfully invoked.

30 Apr 2013 by Keith Barrow

public string[] Get() { string[] names = new string[3] { "Matt", "Joanne", "Robert" }; using (SpeechSynthesizer ss = new SpeechSynthesizer()) { //ss.Rate = -2; //var word = "Test This Two"; ...

ASP.NET Web API Generic HttpContent Reader and Serialization Helper

21 Aug 2013 by karlodegrano

A generic HttpContent Reader that can be used to replace FromBody parameter on Http Action

how to call a web service from C# console application

31 Aug 2013 by Gabriel Sas

i have this simple class in an asp.net MVC web api:public class OrdersController : ApiController { // GET api/orders public IEnumerable Get() { return new string[] { "value1", "value2" }; } // POST api/orders ...

Post Json object data from one controller to another controller in Web API

2 Jan 2014 by ashuslove

I am trying to pass a Json object from one controller (one) to another controller (two):{ "t": "abc", "r": '0', "o": "", "n": "", "v": "1", "k": "1.0",} in controller two I want to receive that data:[HttpPost]public JObject AllReceivedData(Jobject...

Post Json object data from one controller to another controller in Web API

7 Jan 2014 by ashuslove

Finally Got it.//Get Data in Json Formatclient.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json";//Sent the Request to URL and Fetch the Data in Bytesvar result = client.UploadData("URL", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(request));//Convert into dynamic object to get Json...

how to return storedproc data from webapi through entityframework

15 Jan 2014 by rizwan muhammed khan gouri

Helloin edmx table(entitys) and sp have there own cs files.SO when you have sp in edmx and you get it on Model.tt then you used like this:-public IEnumerable GetAllCompanies(){ using (var db = new PTMEntities()){ return db.GetAllCompanies();}...

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Can we redirect web api to other application and get response

19 Feb 2014 by Atul Pachori

i have create some wb api i want that when user call my web api he moves to other application get response in api

how to Consume MVC4 Webapi in jquery

10 Apr 2014 by Sanket Saxena

Follow:Implementing & Consuming ASP.NET WEB API from JQuery (MVC 4)[^]

How Do I Export Json Data Getting From Web Api Mvc4 To Excel Sheet Using Jquery

7 May 2014 by Andrew Torrance

I think you have a wider problem than the how , and that is I don't think that you can map all possible Json structures to Excel since Json allows for hierarchical data and excel does not . I.e You cant map objects containing other objects and arrays of objects to a grid layout . If your Json...

How to Get byte array properly from an Web Api Method in C#?

26 May 2014 by avishekrc

Got the solution:instead of mybytearray= response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().Result; I am doing:string result=null;result = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result.Replace("\"", string.Empty); mybytearray=Convert.FromBase64String(result);The key point is:It was...

SignalR Chat not working with the existing WebApp

30 Jun 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

As Tadit Dash noticed, you show some System.NullReferenceException exceptions in your exception stack. But you don't show the lines in the code where the exception is thrown/propagated.Not to worry. This is one of the very easiest cases to detect and fix. It simply means that some...

Multiple call using Web Api Service

8 Jul 2014 by ashuslove

I am using Web Api Service to Pass the Data to my Mobile Devices.There can be 2 scenario for this.1. Single Device Requesting Multiple Times2. Multiple Device Requesting Multiple TimesIn Both the Scenario i am not able to handle multiple Request, I don't know what is the actual...

Unable to authenticate web service api using basic authentication

13 Aug 2014 by Dnyaneshwar@Pune

see thishttp://world.episerver.com/Documentation/Items/Developers-Guide/EPiServer-CMS/75/Security/Configuring-Web-Services-authentication/[^]

Application_BeginRequest not being fired during PUT API Calls on IIS Server

5 Sep 2014 by Terrence Sheflin

BackgroundI have an MVC Application with a WebAPI component. I'm using jQuery and AJAX to pass and receive data from the WebAPI. I rely on the Application_BeginRequest being fired during each call to perform some mundane task.ProblemApplication_BeginRequest always fires for GET and...

Linq query - convert query result to datetime

14 May 2015 by Sascha Lefèvre

There are two problems:1: stringdQuery is of type Loan. So you're trying to convert a Loan-object to DateTime. But conversion isn't neccessary in the first place - just access the DateTime-value of stringdQuery.cDate by its .Value-property:dtt = stringdQuery.cDate.Value;2: I don't know...

I have to PRint HTML with applied Printer Settings from client side

12 Oct 2015 by Dave Kreskowiak

You can't. The printer settings, as well as all devices on the client side, are inaccessible form client code in the browser.

I want to encrypt and decrypt but one error comes ("Length of the data to decrypt is > invalid".)

25 Oct 2015 by OriginalGriff

Don't encrypt passwords!Hash them instead - there is some information on how to do it here: Password Storage: How to do it.[^]

What is the best way to secure ASP.NET Web API?

12 Nov 2015 by Gaurav_Chaudhary

Hi,For a Intranet Web App , you can Set a private key in your App config.For every user who first login into your App sends his credential over HTTP and get a unique identifier (Token) which will be used further on every call to HTTP Web API in header. On the Server side, you can decrypt the...

How can I make a web application (Please read the details)?

25 Nov 2015 by Richard MacCutchan

Try www.asp.net[^].

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I am getting a 401 error(Access denied due to invalid credentials), when working with webapi

23 Dec 2015 by Mathi Mani

Hi,In order to access a WebAPI using windows authentication, you have to create a HttpClientHandler and set the credentials in it. Then, this HttpClientHandler object has to be passed to the HttpClient.Please refer my technical tip on this for detailed explanation.Authenticate...

Is odata supported in asp.net 5?

14 Feb 2016 by Abhinav S

There is no need for System.web in ASP.Net 5.You need to use .Net core instead.Alternately, switch back to version 4.5.2.References - ScottGu's Blog - Introducing ASP.NET 5[^].Top 10 Changes in ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6 | Stephen Walther[^]

ExpandoObject: Serialization OOP and Processing XML Files without Heads Taken

19 Feb 2016 by mbruchet

It is often requested by the customer to import a data file in XML format. It is therefore easier to work in object mode, however, the XML transformation into a pure object might take time to be developed. ExpandoObject provides an answer to this problem ...

Can i create a common infrastructure for unit testing the service layer in different technologies

4 Mar 2016 by F-ES Sitecore

First of all you need to understand what unit testing is. Unit testing is when you test the logic, you don't use databases, services or anything like that, it only tests the logic. If the project is not written to be unit testable then the chances of it being testable are almost zero and will...

Wcf or web service or mssql server or web api

27 Apr 2016 by F-ES Sitecore

If security is a concern then WCF will be your best bet.

Short code for email confirmation in identity

30 Apr 2016 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Use your own IUserTokenProvider[^] implementation to handle those tokens, and create six char long one, when purpose is 'Confirmation'...

Why to use HTTPPUT when same can be done with HTTPPOST in WEBAPI

30 May 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article of mine, ASP.NET 5 Web API RESTful CRUDs and Windows 10 native application[^], I have talked about the HTTP verbs, POST and PUT. The problem is not with using which one, the problem is how to use the HTTP verbs in a way that they are meant to be used. Using bad practices, I...

How do I prevent users from changing id from url

21 Jun 2016 by F-ES Sitecore

You can't stop people amending the url, as said you either need authentication or use ids that you can't guess, like GUIDs rather than sequential numbers, but implementing a log-in is the most secure way.Things you shouldn't spend time doing | The ASP.NET Forums[^]

Check three condition on login

24 Jun 2016 by OriginalGriff

The second problem is obvious:Operator '==' cannot be applied to operands of type 'bool?' and 'string'else if (loginEmp.Emp_FirstLog == "true")Emp_FirstLog is declared as Nullable, not string.So try:else if (loginEmp.Emp_FirstLog == true)And that error should go away.The...