what is the difference between a web api and a wep api proxy

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can someone please explain the difference between a web api and a web api proxy? thanks in advance

Rakesh · Answer

ASP.NET Web API: It's a framework for building HTTP services on top of .NET framework and comes along with MVC 4. Why Use ASP.NET Web API ? It enables us to > reach more clients > Scale with the cloud > Embraces HTTP as an application level protocol. WebAPIProxy: It extends your ASP.NET Web API service with a proxy endpoint providing a ready-to-use JavaScript client as well as metadata exposing the types used in the service. If you are using the documentation provider from ASP.NET Web API Help Pages  the usage documentation is also included inside the metadata giving the client-side developer a rich experience with Intellisense .