Implementing Azure Notification Hubs – Part 1

Introduction  Sending push notifications to devices is a requirement of most applications. Unfortunately implementing this is not as simple as you would expect. Azure offers a service called Notification Hubs which makes implementing this feature easier, but there is still a fair bit of manual work involved.  Azure Notification Hubs offers a free tier that… Continue reading Implementing Azure Notification Hubs – Part 1

Using Fiddler to inspect HTTP traffic

I recently ran into a problem where I was trying to make REST calls to Microsoft’s Azure Notification Hub service to register new devices with a custom template registration. According to the documentation as of 2021/08/17, the following XML is required to create a template registration for Windows devices:  When I used this, I got a 200 OK response from the… Continue reading Using Fiddler to inspect HTTP traffic

Using Swagger/OpenAPI with an ASP.NET Core API Project

Introduction  I recently had a new task where I had to add Swagger/OpenAPI to an ASP.NET Core API project. This was my first-time integrating Swagger/OpenAPI in an ASP.NET Core project so I planned to create a simple test project to see how everything fitted together. My first point-of-call was to consult the Microsoft documentation on this, and while it is covered, I wanted a complete start-to-finish project showing… Continue reading Using Swagger/OpenAPI with an ASP.NET Core API Project