Check this stackoverflow answer out:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/51391202/9191495
It’s really confusing, Microsoft really needs to work on naming things.
Tag: ASP.NET
Debug ASP.NET WebAPI or MVC routing
Follow this StackOverflow answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/39349008/9191495
Summary
Override method Init of global.asax.cs
Add a handler for AcquireRequestState event.
Write a handler for AcquireRequestState event to get the route data of the request from route table.
Set a breakpoint to peak into the route data when debugging.
Cannot retrieve properties in model after POST (MVC)
Model properties are all null after retrieving from POST request.
Check if they are properties instead of attributes.
Example: instead of
public String property;
Use
public String property { get; set; }
Create custom error pages in ASP.NET
Apparently there are lots of hoops you need to jump through to create custom error pages in ASP.NET
http://benfoster.io/blog/aspnet-mvc-custom-error-pages
Find a HTTP response that set the cookie
Use Telerik Fiddler, and then search for Set-Cookie only in response headers
A quick way to figure out which API set the cookie.
Web API vs Web API 2
Web API 2 runs on .NET 4.5 and above. That’s the difference.
Capture traffic from .NET in Fiddler
Follow the article: http://www.telerik.com/blogs/capturing-traffic-from-.net-services-with-fiddler
Self host Web Api application
Follow the article: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/b1df45/web-api-self-hosting-using-windows-service/
Also make sure to follow the steps by the SO answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/6382120
Consume Web API response in SSRS
Follow the article: http://jaliyaudagedara.blogspot.sg/2015/10/using-aspnet-web-api-as-data-source-for.html
Need to configure the web api service to always return XML data. When configuring the data source, add ?type=xml at the end of the URL.
Note: for SSRS/Report Builder to retrieve the fields, don’t use blank query string, use the following:
<Query>
</Query>
Cannot bind multiple parameters in Web Api, cannot bind Json parameter
Simple, Web Api 1 doesn’t support multiple parameters.
Also, make sure the route config are correct so that the controller and action can be reached.
To bind Json parameter, use Content-Type: application/json in the request header, make sure the json object is the root object and the model to load from the server user properties instead of fields.