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title: "What are the Advantages of Using ASP.NET Web API?"  
description: "What are the Advantages of Using ASP.NET Web API?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2018-04-29  
updated: 2020-09-24  
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tags: [".net", "web api"]  
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# What are the Advantages of Using ASP.NET Web API?

## ASP.NET Web API has many advantages but main of them are

- It works the HTTP way using standard HTTP verbs like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. for all CRUD operations
- It has Complete support for routing
- In .net Web API Response generated in JSON or XML format using MediaTypeFormatter
- has the ability to be hosted in IIS as well as self-host outside of IIS
- Supports Model binding and Validation
- Support for OData

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## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

## ASP.NET Web API has many advantages but main of them are

- It works the HTTP way using standard HTTP verbs like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. for all CRUD operations
- It has Complete support for routing
- In .net Web API Response generated in JSON or XML format using MediaTypeFormatter
- has the ability to be hosted in IIS as well as self-host outside of IIS
- Supports Model binding and Validation
- Support for OData

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