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ASP.NET Core OData Web API Template Preview Release
We are excited to announce the public preview release of the ASP.NET Core OData Web API Template Pack. This template helps you create an ASP.NET Core Web API project with OData support, providing a streamlined setup for .NET 8.0 and above. The following preview release is now available on NuGet: Key Features Installation To install the template, use the following command: Usage Using dotnet CLI Create a new project using the template: Using Visual Studio IDE Select Create to create the new project...
Announcing ASP.NET Core OData 9 Official Release
We're happy to announce that ASP.NET Core OData 9 has been officially released and is available on NuGet: The major highlight of this release is the update of the OData .NET dependencies to the 8.x major version. By updating the dependencies, we're able to take advantage of the improvements and new capabilities introduced in Microsoft.OData.Core 8.x and Microsoft.OData.Edm 8.x releases specifically. The ASP.NET Core OData 9 release will only support .NET 8 or later. The OData .NET 8 official release announcement addresses the major changes introduced in that release. It's advisable to go through t...
Announcing OData .NET 8 Official Release
We're happy to announce that OData .NET 8 has been officially released and is available on NuGet: We would like to thank the community for trying out the pre-release versions and sharing feedback with us following our announcements of the previews and release candidates. This release presents an opportunity for us to modernize our stack, address some technical debt and take better advantage of investments in .NET. OData .NET 8.0.0 contains changes to improve maintainability, user experience, performance and add new capabilities.​To make adoption and upgrading to the new version smooth, we hav...
Announcing OData .NET 8 Release Candidate 1
OData .NET 8.0 RC1 is now available, bringing numerous significant improvements to the following libraries: This is the final release candidate before the official launch of these libraries, scheduled for August 12th. Most of the planned features and changes are included in this release candidate and are ready for you to explore. In addition to the changes listed in these documents: This release includes the following updates: Some of these updates are breaking changes. Updates in Version 8.0.0-rc.1 We invite you ...
Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData 9 Preview Release
We are excited to announce the forthcoming major release of Microsoft.AspNetCore.OData, scheduled for June. In preparation for this significant update, we have made preview versions of the library available to gather early feedback from our community. The following preview release is now available on NuGet: Key Update The primary change in this release is the update of the OData core libraries dependencies to the recently released OData Core 8.0.0-preview versions. To review the breaking changes and updates made in the OData Core libraries, which we have incorporated into this release, please check t...
OData .NET 8 Preview Release
We would like to announce that we are planning a new major release of OData .NET core libraries in June. Ahead of this release, we have released preview versions of the libraries to get some early feedback from the community. Specifically, the following preview releases are now available on NuGet: It has been almost 8 years since the last major release of OData .NET core libraries. This release presents an opportunity for us to modernize our stack, address some technical debt and take better advantage of investments in .NET. To make adoption and upgrading to the new version smooth, we have op...
Deep insert support in OData client
In the Deep insert support in OData webapi blog post, we demonstrated how to add deep insert capabilities to an OData service. In this blog post, we demonstrate how to add deep insert capabilities in OData client. In the following sections, we implement a client app. Create a Console application Install required packages In our client application, we are going to use the library that offers APIs for building deep insert requests and consuming deep insert responses. Run the following command on the Visual Studio Package Manager Console to install the  nuget package...
Working with media resources in OData – Part 2
In Part 1 of this blog post, we demonstrated how to implement an OData service that serves media resources. In Part 2, we look at how to implement a client app that interacts with the OData binary large object (BLOB) feed to both retrieve and post binary data along with the metadata for the media resource. The OData BLOB feed created in Part 1 supported the following functionality: The service also exposed a single media link entry (MLE) named that is linked to a media resource (MR). In the following sections, we implement a client app to interact with that BLOB feed. Create a Con...
Working with media resources in OData – Part 1
OData enables you to define data feeds that serve binary large object (BLOB) data. In OData lingo, this binary data is referred to as a media resource. A media resource (MR) is an unstructured piece of data or stream, e.g., a document, image, or video. It is requested from the data service separately from the entry in the feed to which it belongs, called a media link entry. A media link entry (MLE) is a special type of entry which links to an MR and includes additional metadata about it. Typical metadata that an MLE may maintain about the related MR include description, file name, file size, dimensions, date uplo...