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nixon
nixon

Reputation: 1972

ASP.net web api

I've been reading up about MVC 4 and was interested in the web API feature. In what scenarios would it be advantageous to use web api over a WCF Http service?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 194

Answers (1)

Darrel Miller
Darrel Miller

Reputation: 142014

Web API provides far more access to all aspects of the HTTP interaction. It was designed from the ground up around the HTTP spec. WCF is fine if you are just using HTTP to get through the firewall. If you really want to use HTTP as an application protocol, you will find Web API much easier.

Upvotes: 4

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