WabAPI 2 (OWIN IIS Host) - References

WebAPI and OWIN dependency list.txt

Here is the list of references that are already there when you create new Web-Empty project in VS 2015 (.Net 4.6.1):
  1. Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform
  2. Microsoft.CSharp
  3. System
  4. System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
  5. System.Configuration
  6. System.Core
  7. System.Data
  8. System.Data.DataSetExtensions
  9. System.Drawing
  10. System.EnterpriseServices
  11. System.Web
  12. System.Web.ApplicationServices
  13. System.Web.DynamicData
  14. System.Web.Entity
  15. System.Web.Extensions
  16. System.Web.Services
  17. System.Xml
  18. System.Xml.Linq

List of minimum references required to use WebAPI 2 with OWIN

  1. Owin
     Contains IAppBuilder interface only.
  2. Microsoft.Owin
     Contains: IOwinContext, OwinStartupAttribute (Startup class detection), AppBuilderUseExtension...
  3. System.Web.Http
     Contains: ApiController, disptachers, filters, model binding, IHttpActionResult implementations (OkResult, BadRequest...), 
     Routing and Validation.
  4. System.Web.Http.Owin
     Contains: UseWebApi(HttpConfiguration c)
  5. System.Net.Http
     Contains: DelegatingHandler, HttpClient, HttpMessageHandler, HttpRequestMessage, HttpResponseMessage, HttpHeaders
  6. System.Net.Http.Formatting
     Contains: HttpClientFactory, HttpMessageContext...
  7. Newtonsofot.Json
     Contains: Json manipulation.

List of Nuget packges that need to be installed:
  1. Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Owin
     This package will install following dependencies:
     1. Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client
     2. Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core
     3. Microsoft.Owin
     4. Owin
     5. Newtonsoft.Json
 2. Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb