TOP Interview Questions and Answers of WEB API

Q .1 What is Web API?

WebAPI is a framework which helps you to build/develop HTTP services.

Q.2 Why is Web API required? Is it possible to use RESTful services using WCF?

Yes, we can still develop RESTful services with WCF. However, there are two main reasons that prompt users to use Web API instead of RESTful services.

• Web API increases TDD (Test Data Driven) approach in the development of RESTful services.
• If we want to develop RESTful services in WCF, you surely need a lot of config settings, URI templates, contracts & endpoints for developing RESTful services using web API.

Q. 3 Why select Web API?

What is WEB API . ?

The term API stands for Application Programming Interface. ASP.NET Web API is a framework that makes it easy to build Web API’s, i.e. HTTP based services on top of the .NET Framework. ASP.NET Web API is an ideal platform for building Restful services. These services can then be consumed by a broad range of clients like Browsers Mobile applications Desktop applications IOTs