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title: Building Web APIs | Microsoft Docs
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# Building Web APIs

* [Building your first Web API with ASP.NET Core MVC using Visual Studio](../../tutorials/first-web-api.md)
* [ASP.NET Web API Help Pages using Swagger](../../tutorials/web-api-help-pages-using-swagger.md)
* [Creating backend services for native mobile applications](../../mobile/native-mobile-backend.md)
* [Formatting response data](../models/formatting.md)
* [Custom formatters](../advanced/custom-formatters.md)