---
title: Building Web APIs in ASP.NET Core
author: rick-anderson
description: Discover information on building Web APIs in ASP.NET Core.
manager: wpickett
ms.author: riande
ms.date: 01/05/2016
ms.prod: asp.net-core
ms.technology: aspnet
ms.topic: article
uid: mvc/web-api/index
---

# Building Web APIs

* [Building your first Web API with ASP.NET Core using Visual Studio](../../tutorials/first-web-api.md)
* [ASP.NET Core 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)