asp.net-web-api

How to use Container instead of ObjectFactory in StructureMap ServiceActivator?

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The static stuff is going away. If your not using a Service Locator of some type you’re going to have implement your own “ObjectFactory” as referenced here: public static class ObjectFactory { private static readonly Lazy<Container> _containerBuilder = new Lazy<Container>(defaultContainer, LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication); public static IContainer Container { get { return _containerBuilder.Value; } } private static Container … Read more

API for Performance and Endurance storage(Block storage)

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To order Endurance, execute: Configuration: Package to use = 240 Storage Type: Endurance Location: Dal06 Storage Package: 0.25 IOPS/GB Storage Size: 20GB Snapshot Space Size: 0GB OS Type: Linux URL: https://[username]:[apikey]@api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Product_Order/verifyOrder Method: POST Json Payload: { “parameters”: [ { “location”: 154820, //Dallas 06 “packageId”: 240, “osFormatType”: { “id”: 12, “keyName”: “LINUX” }, “complexType”: “SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Storage_Enterprise”, “prices”: … Read more

MVC5, Web API 2 and Ninject

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The Ninject.Web.WebApi NuGet package has just been released. From now on the preferred solution is using that package. I couldn’t find any related documentation but after installing the package everything worked for me. Install-Package Ninject.Web.WebApi After installation both the normal MVC and the API controller instances are provided by Ninject. If you have Ninject.Web.Common already … Read more

Constructor Dependency Injection WebApi Attributes

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Yes, it is possible. You (like most people) are being thrown by Microsoft’s marketing of Action Filter Attributes, which are conveniently put into a single class, but not at all DI-friendly. The solution is to break the Action Filter Attribute into 2 parts as demonstrated in this post: An attribute that contains no behavior to … Read more

Overload web api action method based on parameter type

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This kind of scenario is not well supported by the standard routing methods. You may want to use attribute based routing instead as this gives you a lot more flexibility. Specifically look at the route constraints where you can route by the type: // Type constraints [GET(“Int/{x:int}”)] [GET(“Guid/{x:guid}”)] Anything else will turn into a bit … Read more

The ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ header contains multiple values

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We ran into this problem because we had set up CORS according to best practice (e.g. http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/security/enabling-cross-origin-requests-in-web-api) AND ALSO had a custom header <add name=”Access-Control-Allow-Origin” value=”*”/> in web.config. Remove the web.config entry, and all is well. Contrary to @mww’s answer, we still have EnableCors() in the WebApiConfig.cs AND an EnableCorsAttribute on the controller. When we … Read more

Does IMDB provide an API? [closed]

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The IMDb has a public API that, although undocumented, is fast and reliable (used on the official website through AJAX). Search Suggestions API https://sg.media-imdb.com/suggests/h/hello.json https://v2.sg.media-imdb.com/suggests/h/hello.json (as of 2019) Format: JSON-P Caveat: It’s in JSON-P format, and the callback parameter can not customised. To use it cross-domain you’ll have to use their function name for the … Read more