Explain the difference between WCF RESTful Service vs ASP.NET Web API?

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VietMX Staff asked 3 years ago

Although both WCF REST and ASP.NET Web API follows the REST architecture but these have follow differences:

WCF REST

Microsoft introduced “WebHttpBinding” to be used for creating WCF RESTful Services.
HTTP Methods are mapped to attributes, for example, “WebGet” for GET method and “WebInvoke” for POST.

ASP.NET Web API

As compared with WCF REST, Web API supports full features of HTTP.
Its possible to host Web API in IIS as well as in an application.

Question Tags: ASP.NET Web API, Middle Level