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In this chapter, I explain the different ways in which ASP.NET Web API can be used to deliver an HTTP web service and the kinds of clients that each arrangement best suits. I build on this foundation to describe the two broad categories of web service that you can create: simple web services (like the one I created in Chapter 2) and RESTful web services, which are more complex but are easier to maintain.
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Freeman, A. (2014). Understanding HTTP Web Services. In: Expert ASP.NET Web API 2 for MVC Developers. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0085-8_4
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