MVC Web API is used with client side only ?

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I have experience of working on asp.net web forms only but now wants to switch learning asp.net mvc. I want to ask question regarding web API that Web API in mvc is consumed by your javascript code only( single page application javascript frameworks, jquery) ? Can we used it in way we work with wcf like creating proxies and then passing server side entities and response in server side objects ?

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Posted 7-Feb-15 4:04am

touseef4pk

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Feb-15 10:26am

How could it be "client side only" if ASP.NET itself is a server-side technology?
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touseef4pk 7-Feb-15 11:53am

I haven't said it is client side. What I want to ask is how will we use it in place of wcf where we generate proxies. What will do in this case ?

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harsimranb · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-07T07:15:00

You can use WebApi with any client: JavaScript, Android, iOS, Windows App, etc. Any platform that can consume a web service will support Web API. So yes, Web API can be used in place of WCF. It is also much easier to setup and consume.

You can also pass/return server-side domain objects. By default, WebAPI serializes and deserializes using JSON, but that is configurable.

This is an example of WebAPI being consumed on Android: http://hintdesk.com/how-to-call-asp-net-web-api-service-from-android/[^]
You can learn more about WebAPI here: http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api[^].