Tip – REST APIs
Postman is a fantastic tool for building web APIs documentation, test suites, and experimenting with your APIs. It supports OpenAPI...
The first endpoint – REST APIs
The code of the first endpoint that allows a client to read an entity looks like this: app.MapGet( “/{id:int}”, (int...
Summary – REST APIs
REST APIs facilitate communication between applications in today’s interconnected digital world. We explored the HTTP protocol, HTTP methods, HTTP status...
The second endpoint – REST APIs
The code of the second endpoint that allows a client to create an entity looks like this: app.MapPost( “/”, (CreateDto...
Top-level statements– Minimal API
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Minimal Hosting– Minimal API
.NET 6 introduced the minimal hosting model. It combines the Startup and Program classes into a single Program.cs file. It...
Map route-to-delegate – Minimal API
How does it work? Minimal APIs bring multiple extension methods to configure the HTTP pipeline and configure endpoints. We can...
Inputs – Minimal API
An endpoint rarely has no parameter (no input value). Minimal APIs, like MVC, support a wide variety of binding sources....
Manual binding – Minimal API
The BindAsync method takes an HttpContext and a ParameterInfo parameter and returns a ValueTask<TSelf> where TSelf is the type we...
Dependency inversion principle (DIP) – Architectural Principles
The DIP provides flexibility, testability, and modularity, by reducing tight coupling between classes or modules.Let’s continue with another quote from...