In this article, we’ll examine how to implement API key authentication in ASP.NET Core 7. To use the code examples provided below, you should have Visual Studio 2022 installed in your system.

Using the web interface and the API in tandem (a.k.a., bring your prompts) Two things are true: The API is better for larger projects and performs many prompts simultaneously.

Web API provides the necessary action methods for HTTP GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE operations. You would typically pass a single object as a parameter to the PUT and POST action methods.

Google's diagram of the Web Integrity API. Credit: Google Google likes to describe its APIs in a generic sense, but in reality, most of the actors in this play would probably be Google.

Click here for Part 1. In Part 2 of this series on using the new Web API 2 API, I'll be covering the client side of things. I'll go over how to create a Windows Store App within Visual Studio 2012 ...