Ultimate ASP.NET Core Web API

Description

A complete, hands-on, and easy to digest program that gets you from zero to building production-ready APIs in just a few weeks. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Project Configuration 1.1 Creating a New Project 1.2 launchSettings.json File Configuration 1.3 Program.cs and Startup.cs Explanations 1.4 Extension Methods and CORS Configuration 1.5 IIS Configuration 1.6 Additional Code in the Startup Class 1.7 Environment-Based Settings 2 Configuring a Logging Service 2.1 Creating the Required Projects 2.2 Creating the ILoggerManager Interface and Installing NLog 2.3 Implementing the Interface and Nlog.Config File 2.4 Configuring Logger Service for Logging Messages 2.5 DI, IoC, and Logger Service Testing 3 Database Model and Repository Pattern 3.1 Creating Models 3.2 Context Class and the Database Connection 3.3 Migration and Initial Data Seed 3.4 Repository Pattern Logic 3.5 Repository User Interfaces and Classes 3.6 Creating a Repository Manager 4 Handling GET Requests 4.1 Controllers and Routing in WEB API 4.2 Naming Our Resources 4.3 Getting All Companies From the Database 4.4 Testing the Result with Postman 4.5 DTO Classes vs. Entity Model Classes 4.6 Using AutoMapper in ASP.NET Core 5 Global Error Handling 5.1 Handling Errors Globally with the Built-In Middleware 5.2 Startup Class Modification 5.3 Testing the Result 6 Getting Additional Resources 6.1 Getting a Single Resource From the Database 6.2 Parent/Child Relationships in Web API 6.3 Getting a Single Employee for Company 7 Content Negotiation 7.1 What Do We Get Out of the Box? 7.2 Changing the Default Configuration of Our Project 7.3 Testing Content Negotiation 7.4 Restricting Media Types 7.5 More About Formatters 7.6 Implementing a Custom Formatter 8 Method Safety and Method Idempotency 9 Creating Resources 9.1 Handling POST Requests 9.2 Code Explanation 9.3 Creating a Child Resource 9.4 Creating Children Resources Together with a Parent 9.5 Creating a Collection of Resources 9.6 Model Binding in API 10 Working with DELETE Requests 10.1 Deleting a Parent Resource with its Children 11 Working with PUT Requests 11.1 Updating Employee 11.1.1 About the Update Method from the RepositoryBase Class 11.2 Inserting Resources while Updating One 12 Working With PATCH Requests 12.1 Applying PATCH to the Employee Entity 13 Validation 13.1 Validation while Creating Resource 13.1.1 Validating Int Type 13.2 Validation for PUT Requests 13.3 Validation for PATCH Requests 14 Asynchronous Code 14.1 What is Asynchronous Programming? 14.2 Async, Await Keywords, and Return Types 14.2.1 The IRepositoryBase Interface and the RepositoryBase Class Explanation 14.3 Modifying the ICompanyRepository Interface and the CompanyRepository Class 14.4 IRepositoryManager and RepositoryManager Changes 14.5 Controller Modification 15 Action Filters 15.1 Action Filters Implementation 15.2 The Scope of Action Filters 15.3 Order of Invocation 15.4 Improving the Code with Action Filters 15.5 Validation with Action Filters 15.6 Dependency Injection in Action Filters 16 Paging 16.1 What is Paging? 16.2 Paging Implementation 16.3 Concrete Query 16.4 Improving the Solution 16.4.1 Additional Advice 17 Filtering 17.1 What is Filtering? 17.2 How is Filtering Different from Searching? 17.3 How to Implement Filtering in ASP.NET Core Web API 17.4 Sending and Testing a Query 18 Searching 18.1 What is Searching? 18.2 Implementing Searching in Our Application 18.3 Testing Our Implementation 19 Sorting 19.1 What is Sorting? 19.2 How to Implement Sorting in ASP.NET Core Web API 19.3 Implementation ? Step by Step 19.4 Testing Our Implementation 19.5 Improving the Sorting Functionality 20 Data Shaping 20.1 What is Data Shaping? 20.2 How to Implement Data Shaping 20.3 Step-by-Step Implementation 20.4 Resolving XML Serialization Problems 21 Supporting HATEOAS 21.1 What is HATEOAS and Why is it so Important? 21.1.1 Typical Response with HATEOAS Implemented 21.1.2 What is a Link? 21.1.3 Pros/Cons of Implementing HATEOAS 21.2 Adding Links in the Project 21.3 Additional Project Changes 21.4 Adding Custom Media Types 21.4.1 Registering Custom Media Types 21.4.2 Implementing a Media Type Validation Filter 21.5 Implementing HATEOAS 22 Working with OPTIONS and HEAD Requests 22.1 OPTIONS HTTP Request 22.2 OPTIONS Implementation 22.3 Head HTTP Request 22.4 HEAD Implementation 23 Root Document 23.1 Root Document Implementation 24 Versioning APIs 24.1 Required Package Installation and Configuration 24.2 Versioning Examples 24.2.1 Using Query String 24.2.2 Using URL Versioning 24.2.3 HTTP Header Versioning 24.2.4 Deprecating Versions 24.2.5 Using Conventions 25 Caching 25.1 About Caching 25.1.1 Cache Types 25.1.2 Response Cache Attribute 25.2 Adding Cache Headers 25.3 Adding Cache-Store 25.4 Expiration Model 25.5 Validation Model 25.6 Supporting Validation 25.6.1 Configuration 25.7 Using ETag and Validation 26 Rate Limiting and Throttling 26.1 Implementing Rate Limiting 27 JWT and Identity 27.1 Implementing Identity in ASP.NET Core Project 27.2 Creating Tables and Inserting Roles 27.3 User Creation 27.4 Big Picture 27.5 About JWT 27.6 JWT Configuration 27.7 Protecting Endpoints 27.8 Implementing Authentication 27.9 Role-Based Authorization 28 Documenting API with Swagger 28.1 About Swagger 28.2 Swagger Integration Into Our Project 28.3 Adding Authorization Support 28.4 Extending Swagger Configuration 29 Deployment to IIS 29.1 Creating Publish Files 29.2 Windows Server Hosting Bundle 29.3 Installing IIS 29.4 Configuring Environment File 29.5 Testing Deployed Application