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Coincidentally, Stack Exchange hired the original Service Stack author. He continues to commit actively to the Service Stack project.

Coincidentally, Stack Exchange hired the original Service Stack author. He continues to commit actively to the Service Stack project.

Either WebAPI or Service Stack might be good candidates for building your back end API. I recommend Service Stack, as I've been using it for the last few months and have found it to be an excellent replacement to WCF. I'm currently writing a tutorial series on service stack on my blog.

Either WebAPI or Service Stack might be good candidates for building your back end API. I recommend Service Stack, as I've been using it for the last few months and have found it to be an excellent replacement to WCF. I'm currently writing a tutorial series on service stack on my blog.

[DataContract]
[RestService("/customers", "GET"]
[RestService("/customers/search/{SearchTerm}", "GET"]
[RestService("/customers/region/{Region}", "GET"]
[RestService("/customers/region/{Region}/search/{SearchTerm}", "GET"]
public class Customers 
{
  [DataMember]
  public int? RegionId { get; set; }
  [DataMember]
  public string SearchTerm { get; set; }
}

public class CustomersService : RestServiceBase<Customer>
{
  public override class OnGet(Customers request) {
    // handle request
 
    return new CustomersResponse();
  }
}

[Route("/customers", "GET"]
[Route("/customers/search/{SearchTerm}", "GET"]
[Route("/customers/region/{Region}", "GET"]
[Route("/customers/region/{Region}/search/{SearchTerm}", "GET"]
public class Customers 
{
    public int? RegionId { get; set; }
    public string SearchTerm { get; set; }
}

public class CustomersService : Service
{
    public object Get(Customers request) {
        // handle request
        return new CustomersResponse();
    }
}