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title: "ASP.NET Web API, Part 1: Your First Web API | Microsoft Docs"
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ASP.NET Web API, Part 1: Your First Web API
====================
by [Jon Galloway](https://github.com/jongalloway)

> [!NOTE]
> This video contains information from a pre-release version of ASP.NET Web API. For information on what changed, see the updated sample code at [https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ASPNET-Web-API-JavaScript-d0d64dd7](https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ASPNET-Web-API-JavaScript-d0d64dd7)

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