How to create Web Api in Asp.net web forms

How to create Web Api in Asp.net web forms 4.0/4.5

1) Create a ASP.NET Empty WEB Application using .NET 4.0/4.5
2) Add Web Api Controller class

        Name it as ValuesController.cs   VS 2012 adds ValuesController1.cs  remove 1 otherwise it won't work. i.e ApiController controller class must end with "Controller"


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Http;

namespace WebApplication3
{
    public class ValuesController : ApiController
    {
        // GET api/<controller>
        public IEnumerable<string> Get()
        {
            return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
        }

        // GET api/<controller>/5
        public string Get(int id)
        {
            return "value";
        }

        // POST api/<controller>
        public void Post([FromBody]string value)
        {
        }

        // PUT api/<controller>/5
        public void Put(int id, [FromBody]string value)
        {
        }

        // DELETE api/<controller>/5
        public void Delete(int id)
        {
        }
    }
}


3)  Add Global.asax global class.

  in  Application_Start

add following namespaces( These Assemblies will be referenced automatically whenever u add Web Api Control class)

using System.Web.Http;

using System.Web.Routing;

4) in Application_start Global.asax

      Add Routing information for WEB APIS.

 4.1  "WebApi/{controller}"   in this -->  WebApi is a optional constant. User has his own choice of specifying it or not.

 4.2 {contoller}  is a keyword.(must be specified)
 4.3 "Defaultapi" -> Routing table is dictionary so it must be unique across the web application.
            user has choice of  specify any value here.

Here is the code.

namespace WebApplication3
{
    public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {

        protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Routes.MapHttpRoute("Defaultapi",
                "WebApi/{controller}");
        }

}

Here is the Project files

That's it

Just run the Web Application

Here is the URL to access WebAPI.

http://localhost:8899/WebApi/Values

1)change port number 

2)WebApi constant specified in Routing tag.

if Routing url is "{controller}" then to access WebAPI through url

http://localhost:8899/Values

Note:  Controller class can be Anywhere in the Web Application. i.e it can be even in nested folders. But Controller name should be unique unless specified by different routing values.

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