Web API for .Net 3.5 SP1?

Question

Is the web API available for .Net 3.5 SP1? SP1 does include the System.Web.Routing assembly, so I assume that it should also be available for SP1. I downloaded the web API from:

http://wcf.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=WCF%20HTTP

and uploaded "Preview 1" (oldest), but could not compile the source. I am stuck in .Net SP1 in one project and I need this API. Has anyone been able to use the web API in the 3.5 SP1 project? Or am I relying solely on using WCF webHttpBinding?

Answer 1

WebAPI requires .net 4. You cannot use it on .net 3.5 (sp1 or not).

You also cannot use pre-release versions for production code, since you do not have a go-live license, so even if you can make it work, it will not be legal. You need to use at least beta version of ASP.NET WebAPI to get go-live license.