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Use Core EF to build Instant Web API? Since REST utilizes CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, and Delete), it is very easy to understand whether you are just starting out as a developer or have years of experience. It can be reused with different projects which saves time as well. It’s also very popular and according to Cloud Elements’ 2017 State of API Integration report, 83 percent of APIs now use REST. Here’s an article which goes into more depth but these are the highlights.

SOAP vs. REST: Primary Differences. REST operates through a solitary, consistent interface to access named resources. It’s most commonly used when you’re exposing a public API over the Internet. SOAP, on the other hand, exposes components of application logic as services rather than data. Additionally, it operates through different interfaces. To put it simply, REST accesses data while SOAP performs operations through a more standardized set of messaging patterns. Still, in most cases, either REST or SOAP could be used to achieve the same outcome (and both are infinitely scalable), with some differences in how you’d configure it. SOAP was originally created by Microsoft, and it’s been around a lot longer than REST. This gives it the advantage of being an established, legacy protocol. But REST has been around for a good time now, as well. Plus, it entered the scene as a way to access web services in a much simpler way than possible with SOAP by using HTTP.

Hide Internal Codes: Needless to say, this is an implementation detail that gives away that we are using a relational database, and experienced Oracle users would instantly spot that it’s Oracle’s sample HR schema. This leaking makes it harder to switch to a document-oriented database, like MongoDB, where there is no concept of foreign keys. But even if the chance of switching to MongoDB is zero, it still makes the response harder to read. So a better approach is to let the REST API translate the internal code to the human-readable value that the code represents (i.e. “Shipping Clerk”) and then also remove the Id part of the field name. This version is definitely more readable, but a fair concern is if the service will be slower now that it needs to lookup the value? I used to be an avid reader of Tom Kyte, the Oracle DB expert, and still remember that you should always optimize from measurements. I mean there’s a good chance that the HTTP cache will help us out and make it less of a bottleneck than it appears at first glance. As a rule of thumb, if performance means everything to you (or you have a lot of lookup fields) then you might consider leaking the internal codes. Otherwise, you should provide a more readable API by hiding them.

REST API from Visual Studio. Use your Visual Studio 2017 to generate initial code for Web API. Our product will automate repetitive tasks by generating entities, models and controllers to build a complete REST API. Visual Studio Unit Test: The quality of the generated code is always important. Instant Web API generate unit tests for all the tables used in the project to make sure that you get the best final version. Relational Database : The code generated includes foreign key checks for post and updates, so that will comply with data integrity. Also, it uses unique indexes to check for duplicates and in doing so avoids orphan records. Live API Documentation: Instant Web API uses Swagger UI, to provide you with interactive documentation. Live documentation allows a user to try out different method and parameters and see the request, responses in real time. Discover more info on Use Core EF to build Instant Web API.