Dynamic Robots.txt with Web Api 2
Hi everyone, For a project I’m currently working on I needed a dynamic robots.txt. Because our test environment is public facing we want to keep it from being indexed…
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AWS EC2 Elastic Beanstalk Going to Sleep - .Net/Windows/MSSQL Server Express
Hi everyone, I’ve been having a bit of an issue with my AWS app going to sleep and taking a long time to handle initial requests. I’m using .NET with Elastic…
Read postWeb API 2 - ExceptionMessage=No MediaTypeFormatter is available to read an object of type 'HttpPostedFileBase' from content with media type 'multipart/form-data'.
Hi everyone, I ran into the following error while trying to get image uploads working with Web API 2: ExceptionMessage=No MediaTypeFormatter is available to read an…
Read postDbSet does not contain a definition for 'FromSQL' and no extension method 'FromSql' accepting an argument of type 'DbSet' could be found.
Hi everyone, I ran into the following error while attempting to use a custom query with EntityFramework: DbSet does not contain a definition for ‘FromSQL’ and no…
Read postInclude UserId in Login Response (Token) - Web API 2
Hi everyone, A quick post on how to include the user’s id in your login response when using Web API 2. The default response to the /Token request is as follows: {…
Read postCannot attach the file 'C:...database.mdf' as database x - Entity Framework
Hi everyone, I ran into the following error when attempting to run ‘update-database’ on an initial migration: Cannot attach the file…
Read postRetrieving User Id in Web API 2 Controller - .NET
Hi everyone, Just a quick post on how to retrieve the current user’s id in a Web API 2 controller: var userId = RequestContext.Principal.Identity.GetUserId(); Note…
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