Web API Edition is a set of next generation services which can be implemented with ASP.NET Web API or ASP.NET Core. You need to first create a service project in Visual Studio, and deploy it on IIS or self-host it. Client applications (MVC, HTML based, desktop applications or other generic applications) can then call these Web API services for exporting and importing excel files, exporting images (to desired format), generating excel from given data and template, view reports and generating barcode from a given text. For more information related to the Web API Services, see Services topic.

The following topics discuss how to build a Web API service project, deploy it, and create a client application that will consume the service. See the System Requirements before proceeding.