Questions tagged [web-api]
Specific APIs that communicate over web protocols, such as ASP.net Web API, as well as APIs that are exposed to web pages for network communication or apps for device communication
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ASP.NET MVC and Web API Together vs. ASP.NET MVC with JSON-Returning Action Methods
In an ASP.NET MVC application with views that make AJAX calls for widgets like dropdowns and data grids, is it better to use Web API controllers or regular MVC action methods that return JSON? The ...
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How to design for API use cases that need different data from the same table?
I am building a web application. This application is meant to be a home for player rankings and tournament results for a competitive community. I have planned to do this in three layers: a database to ...
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Is it okay to deploy both front end and backend everytime if they are in a single repository
I have a project with .net core web api backend and angular as front end. I have single repository for both the projects with front end and backend in their own separate folders. I have written ...
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OpenAPI - `v0.x.x` as a way to denote unstability
In OpenAPI, is there a convention for denoting that your API is not stable yet? In semantic versioning, the v0.x.x version number is usually used to indicate that the project is not stable yet. ...
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Should you use nested routes within NestJS for a "RESTfull" API
Here is an Example API for managing companies, employees, and their children. My entity relationships are as follows: company -1:n-> employees -1:n-> children I’ve structured the API routes ...
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Is there any way to have an android or iOS app expose a web-api?
I want to develop a miminal app for iOS and Android. Basically, I want to have a widget (or similar micro-app) that displays how many items I have in a list. If I open the widget, it just opens a ...
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How to model api error type with errorCode and parameters
I work on a spring kotlin backend which has an angular and a mobile frontend. We are currently working on error handling and we decided that the backend should return an error code, a general message (...
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Multi-tenant (realm based) REST Web API authentication
We're building a multi-tenant setup with a C# Web API and KeyCloak for auth and APISIX as application gateway. APISIX handles the authentication and passes an X-Access-Token to our API when ...
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Purpose of async/await in web servers when stuck with legacy I/O
A couple days ago I asked about the Purpose of async/await in web servers, and got in-depth answers explaining how in fully asynchronous code, it frees up the CPU completely while also releasing the ...
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Purpose of async/await in web servers
I don't understand why I keep seeing async/await recommended (or sometimes, even enforced) for ASP.NET Core web applications and APIs. As far as I can tell, every request is already being run on a ...
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Allow-Rendering-Prevent-Download Architecture
I am trying to devise a simple system that, with the use of tokens, allows a specific file to be rendered in the client's browser, yet prevents the user agent from being able to download the file. ...
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How to create QueryBuilder to work with concurrent requests
I need assistance with the QueryBuilder that generates OData query. Following is my implementation and it approach has couple of issues If user forgets to SetRootTable then it will cause serious ...
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Return response from controller or raise exception from service
I need some guidance on how to send error responses to client from WebAPI controller for an update operation. I need to check if data is changed and if it has duplicate data. I have service class that ...
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Does it make sense for an API with 1 daily job to do to be asynchronous?
This is a conceptual question about whether my specific use-case warrants the use of an asynchronous API. Language: Python 3.11 Framework: FastAPI (ASGI) I believe I am confused about what an ...
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Request validation on API proxy
I am creating an API proxy that acts as a bridge between our frontend application and an AWS opensearch server. This proxy has additional features such as retries and timeouts. One of the features I'm ...
