ASP.NET Core Web API custom formatters

Use accept headers to return new formats like CSV from an ASP.NET Core Rest service

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ASP.NET Core does support out of the box JSON, XML, or plain text formatters based on the ACCEPT Header. In this post, I’ll explain how to specify other formatters and return them based on the ACCEPT Header. As an example, I use a CSV formatter to return a CSV formatter. A controller method returns the format based on the ACCEPT Header which is specified by the client. This can be very useful in cases where you need to export your data to Excel, and the use of more formats makes your application more accessible.

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Let your build work for you, shorten the feedback loop

Tips and tricks Inline Powershell task VSTS, combine webhooks, rest api calls to get more out of your VSTS/TFS build and release pipelines

Maximize how you use your VSTS build and release pipeline with Inline Powershell tasks. In this blog series ‘Tips and Tricks for Inline Powershell’, I will show simple samples on how to get more out of your pipelines. This blog post: Let your build work for you Continue reading “Let your build work for you, shorten the feedback loop”

VSTS Rest API from Inline Powershell

Tips and tricks Inline Powershell task VSTS, call the VSTS/TFS Rest APIs from Powershell

Maximize how you use your VSTS build and release pipeline with Inline Powershell tasks. In this blog series ‘Tips and Tricks for Inline Powershell’, I will show simple samples on how to get more out of your pipelines. This blog post: VSTS Rest API Continue reading “VSTS Rest API from Inline Powershell”