Update: ASP.NET Core does not have a SynchronizationContext. If you are on ASP.NET Core, it does not matter whether you use ConfigureAwait(false) or not. For ASP.NET “Full” or “Classic” or whatever, the rest of this answer still applies. Original post (for non-Core ASP.NET): This video by the ASP.NET team has the best information on using … Read more
The IMDb has a public API that, although undocumented, is fast and reliable (used on the official website through AJAX). Search Suggestions API https://sg.media-imdb.com/suggests/h/hello.json https://v2.sg.media-imdb.com/suggests/h/hello.json (as of 2019) Format: JSON-P Caveat: It’s in JSON-P format, and the callback parameter can not customised. To use it cross-domain you’ll have to use their function name for the … Read more
Note: Read the comments of this answer, it can produce a XSS Vulnerability if you are using the default error handing of WebAPI I just add the following in App_Start / WebApiConfig.cs class in my MVC Web API project. config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes .Add(new MediaTypeHeaderValue(“text/html”) ); That makes sure you get JSON on most queries, but you can … Read more