namespace ProductService.Models
{
    public class ProductRating
    {
        public int ID { get; set; }
        public int Rating { get; set; }
        public int ProductID { get; set; }
        public virtual Product Product { get; set; }  
    }
}

ODataModelBuilder builder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();
builder.EntitySet<Product>("Products");

builder.Namespace = "ProductService";
builder.EntityType<Product>()
    .Action("Rate")
    .Parameter<int>("Rating");

[HttpPost]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> Rate([FromODataUri] int key, ODataActionParameters parameters)
{
    if (!ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        return BadRequest();
    }

    int rating = (int)parameters["Rating"];
    db.Ratings.Add(new ProductRating
    {
        ProductID = key,
        Rating = rating
    });

    await db.SaveChangesAsync();
    
    return StatusCode(HttpStatusCode.NoContent);
}

POST http://localhost/Products(1)/ProductService.Rate HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 12

{"Rating":5}

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
var response = client.PostAsync(postUrl, new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new { Rating = 5 }), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")).Result;

ODataModelBuilder builder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();
builder.EntitySet<Product>("Products");
builder.EntitySet<Supplier>("Suppliers");

builder.Namespace = "ProductService";
builder.EntityType<Product>().Collection
    .Function("MostExpensive")
    .Returns<double>();

ReturnsFromEntitySet<Product>("Products")

ReturnsCollectionFromEntitySet<Product>("Products");

ReturnsCollection<string>();

GET http://localhost/Products/ProductService.MostExpensive

public class ProductsController : ODataController
{
    [HttpGet]
    public IHttpActionResult MostExpensive()
    {
        var product = db.Products.Max(x => x.Price);
        return Ok(product);
    }

    // Other controller methods not shown.
}

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal; odata.streaming=true
OData-Version: 4.0
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2016 00:44:07 GMT
Content-Length: 85

{
  "@odata.context":"http://localhost:38479/$metadata#Edm.Decimal","value":50.00
}

ODataModelBuilder builder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();
builder.EntitySet<Product>("Products");

builder.Function("GetSalesTaxRate")
    .Returns<double>()
    .Parameter<int>("PostalCode");

[HttpGet]
[ODataRoute("GetSalesTaxRate(PostalCode={postalCode})")]
public IHttpActionResult GetSalesTaxRate([FromODataUri] int postalCode)
{
    double rate = 5.6;  // Use a fake number for the sample.
    return Ok(rate);
}

GET http://localhost/GetSalesTaxRate(PostalCode=10) HTTP/1.1

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal; odata.streaming=true
OData-Version: 4.0
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2016 01:05:32 GMT
Content-Length: 82

{
  "@odata.context":"http://localhost:38479/$metadata#Edm.Double","value":5.6
}