Using a Secure WebAPI Web Service from a Mobile App

YouTube: Using a Secure WebAPI Web Service from a Mobile App

Check out the webinar video above which helps you learn how to:

1. Create a secure WebAPI service
2. Understand authentication & authorization
3. Consume the service using a mobile app

Github repo

DXDevExtremeWebAPI

Fork the repo, send pull requests, and tell us what've you're using the 'educational' library for by leaving a comment below.

Common terms

• WebAPI
• REST
  • Blog: Intro to REST & .net Web API
• Endpoints
  • Example of endpoints
• JSON
• OAuth 2.0
  • OAuth flow diagram

Best Practices

• Use SSL
• API design guidance
• RESTful API Design
• Best Practices for Designing a Pragmatic RESTful API

Cloud API Service

• Azure API Management
• apigee
• and many more...

Public API

• Swagger - API metadata
• ProgrammableWeb - API directory

Additional resources

• Blog: Secure a Web API with Individual Accounts and Local Login in ASP.NET Web API 2.2
• Securing ASP.NET Web APIs - excellent talk by Dominick Baier
• Enabling Cross-Origin Requests in ASP.NET Web API 2

Have you tried DevExtreme yet? I'd love to hear about it. Drop me a line below.

Thanks!