how to explain MVC and web api project

just go through this link :-

 

https://www.dotnettricks.com/learn/webapi/difference-between-aspnet-mvc-and-aspnet-web-api 

follow the link

 

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/asp.net_mvc/asp.net_mvc_web_api.htm 

For you long term career, you should use different terms like below.

 

MVC project should be termed as Web Application or Client Application

 

Webapi project should be termed as REST Services

 

Now below are the answers, but it's not limited and you should read in-depth rather than mechanically answer any interview queries. It's very important for a long term career.

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1- how mvc is interacting with webapi - Using REST calls. There are many ways including Angular REST calls from Web Application

 

2 - where are we putting endpoint in mvc/webapi? - In WebAPI projects, we use "route" attribue, which will be exposed as REST endpoints. These endpoints to be invoked from web application. These end points are defined in a URL format like

 

[Route("customers/{customerId}/orders")]. You going to call this URL from web application

 

3- how api is understanding the request from MVC and sending response - You connect to the exposed endpoints of Web API using Angular calls inside Web Application and receive the response. These end points are defined in a URL format like

 

[Route("customers/{customerId}/orders")]. You going to call this URL using any technology which supports REST calls like Angular