Where does ASP.NET Web API Fit?

With the pending release of ASP.NET Web API we're finally getting a good HTTP Service solution 'in the box ' in ASP.NET. Web API provides many needed and cool features, but it's not always clear whether you should use Web API or some other technology like MVC to handle HTTP service requests. In this post I discuss what Web API is and a few options of where it fits and potentially doesn't fit.