There is Unicode in your URL!
In our Runscope HipChat room a few weeks ago, I was asked about Unicode encoding in URLs. After a quick sob about why I never get asked the easy questions, I decided it was time to do some investigating.
Returning raw JSON content from ASP.NET Web API
In a previous post I talked about how to send raw JSON to a web API and consume it easily. This is a non-obvious process because ASP.NET Web API is optimized for sending and receiving arbitrary CLR object that then get serialized by the formatters in the request/response pipeline. However, sometimes you just want to have more direct control over the format that is returned in your response. This post talks about some ways you can regain that control.
Sharing Fiddler requests using Runscope
Fiddler is an excellent tool that I have been using for many years to debug HTTP requests in local applications. However, one of the things that Fiddler can't do easily, out of the box, is allow you to share requests with other team members. Sometimes it is nice to be able to show someone a HTTP request/response for debugging or design related issues. I recently a built an extension to Fiddler that takes advantage of Runscope's request sharing mechanism, to make sharing a request captured by Fiddler a one click affair.