Asp.Net Core : The Complete Guide To Build Rest Api's

Create a web api project in Visual Studio for Mac by selecting the RESTful API template and naming the project. Explore the Solution window and the project architecture.

Learn how to add a model in the EPA project by creating a models folder, defining a model with id, title, author, and description, and wiring a controller.

Implement a http get request by turning the return type into IEnumerable, reading a static course list, and exposing the data via an api controller route for browser or Postman.

Implement a post method in asp.net core to create a record in a static in-memory list from a code object in the request body, tested via postman with application/json.

Learn how to use http put requests to update a specific record by id in ASP.NET Core, using the HttpPut attribute and Postman to send updated data and confirm changes.

Learn how to install MySQL server on Mac, set up a user password, download and configure MySQL Workbench, and connect it to the server for building REST APIs.

Handle a post request by passing a code object to a DB context, adding title, author, and description via a helper method, and saving changes to the database via postman.

Handle a put request in a web api by locating a record by id, updating its title, author, and description, and saving changes with the db context.

Learn how to return status code 201 created for post requests in ASP.NET Core by posting data with Postman and confirming the server creates the record.

Learn how content negotiation selects the appropriate data format, returning json by default and excel when requested, using media type formats in the api pipeline.

Implement model validations in a web api with data annotations to enforce required fields and string length, validating via model state for post and put operations.

Apply sorting to the api get method with a sort parameter to return courses in ascending or descending date order; default returns all when unspecified, and discuss enumerable execution.

Discover how to configure response caching with the response cache attribute for sixty seconds, test with GET and Postman, and understand no-cache headers and serving data from the cache store.

Explore configuring the response cache attribute in asp.net core by selecting cache location (any, client, none) and applying public or private directives for client and proxy caches.

Secure your rest api by implementing authentication and authorization with token-based methods. Learn how to validate end-user credentials and enforce permissions to access resources in an enterprise api.

Learn how to set up an auth0 account by signing up with GitHub, Google, or Hotmail, creating a username and password, and defining our domain name.

Explore the tenant domain setup, create a unique, immutable tenant name, choose a hosting region suffix for Europe or Australia, and manage your account from the dashboard.

Enable JWT authentication in the ASP.NET Core project by using the Microsoft Authentication Library and configuring services to activate the authentication middleware.

Create a new database connection in the portal, test it, and enable the API to use it; sign up to verify user data storage and prepare Postman tests for authentication.

Set up and test the authentication sign-up endpoint using postman, configure the art domain environment, and access the sign-up and get access token points in the API collection.

Implement a sign up endpoint with Auth0 by posting new user data (client id, email, password, connection) via Postman, and handle success or duplicate user errors.

Learn to protect an ASP.NET Core course controller by applying the authorize attribute, obtain an access token via sign up, and access protected endpoints with the token.

Store and enforce per-user data integrity by extracting user id from access token claims and validating ownership during create, update, and delete operations in a rest api.