Can you build an ASP.NET Web API on top of OWIN?

Question

Well the title basically sums it up, I'm wondering if I can create an OWIN pipeline to my ASP.NET Web API. I want to do this so I can apply a base security layer that I can apply to all of my API service hosted on my service server. New to OWIN, love the idea

Answer 1

Yes. You can start with this http://nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Owin/0.21.0-pre and then you will need an another package depending on what host you choose.

Answer 2

You will find below link helpful. It using Katana, an OWIN implementation for Microsoft hosts and the Web API framework.

http://www.strathweb.com/2012/12/running-aspnet-web-api-with-owin-and-katana/

Answer 3

Yes.

Also: If self-hosting Web API 2 using OWIN in a windows service, you can check out this example on GitHub: https://github.com/danesparza/OWIN-WebAPI-Service

It walks you through creating the service, adding OWIN using NuGet, and using attribute based routing in Web API 2.