Create The Simple WebAPI Application using C#.net in 7-Steps

Hello Friends,

 Now I am going to describe how to create Simple WebAPI Application in 7-Steps  without DB Connection using C#.net in Visual Studio 2017.After that We will discuss How to call this WebAPI in MVC application and  create WebAPI Application with DB Connection using 3-layer architecture,I hope it'll be  helpful for beginner, Please follow in below steps                                                                                            

Step:1

Open your Visual Studio go to File Menu and create New Project.

Step:2      

Select Asp.Net Web Application(.net Framework), provide Name and select your Location and click on OK button. 

Step:3

Select Empty option from ASP.NET 4.6.1 Templates and select on both Web API  and  MVC option click on OK button.

Step:4

After create the WebAPI Project go to Controller folder from solution Explorer

Right click on Controller -> add->Controller

Step:5

Select  this option: Web API 2 Controller-Empty

Step:6

Provide Name and click on add button.

Step:7

Write this code in the controller Part for display this record in Browser in XML Format

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Web.Http;

namespace TestAPI.Controllers

{

    public class WebAPITestController : ApiController

    {

        public static List<string> Myfriend = new List<string> { "Jsendha", "Dilu", "Biranchi", "Susanta", "Raghu", "Srusti", "Santosh" };

        [HttpGet]

        public List<string> GetFriendName()

        {

            return Myfriend;

        }

        [HttpGet]

        public string GetFriendNameByID(int id)

        {

        

            return Myfriend[id];

        }

    }

}

Step:8 

After Run this application, change your URL format (locahost:52634/api/controllername/)

I’ve explained the simple process of WebAPI and  next session we will discuss how to call this WebAPI in MVC application. So after read please Comments and suggestions.

Thanks & Regard
Rabi