Category: WebAPI
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Gzip WebApi Response Content using an attribute
Today I was asked why json responses from WebApi was not being gzipped since it brought down our score on Google Page Speed. So yet again I started my ongoing fight with Google Page Speed. It turns out that we had issues making IIS gzip application/json data. Since we do not have direct access to…
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Working with custom MongoDB collections in Sitecore 8 using WebApi
The introduction of the xDB to the Sitecore eXperience Platform offer a ton of new options for us Sitecore developers. As a bonus we suddenly have a data store for anything at any time instead of either trying to make the data fit into Sitecore items or give up and go with a custom database. Now…
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Implementing a WebApi service using ServicesApiController in Sitecore 8
This will just be a quick post about implementing a WebApi controller in Sitecore 8 using the ServicesApiController class. Perhaps this post can help some of the teams in the ongoing Sitecore Hackathon, who knows. The ServicesApiController class Sitecore.Services introduce a new abstract class called ServicesApiController that derives from the System.Web.ApiController. The class itself only purpose is to identify…
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Azure API Management and output cache policies
I am writing this post because I was one day confronted with the situation when I had to move a whole bunch of HTTP Services to be called via Azure API Management. These services were serving mobile calls from both iOS and Android devices. All nice and well but the problem I got was that some of…