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Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core

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Discover how to build robust web APIs with ASP.NET Core, the open-source framework for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Syllabus

Introduction

APIs today
Why an API?
What you should know

1. Getting Started

Prerequisites and setup
"Hello World," API style
"Hello World" with Visual Studio Code
HTTP in a nutshell
REST basics
API design basics
Tools for API testing

2. Retrieving Data

Controllers and actions
Routing basics
Creating a data model
Using Entity Framework Core
Returning a list of items
Using IActionResult
Returning an item
Handling errors
Making the API asynchronous

3. Advanced Data Retrieval

Introduction
Paginating items
Filtering items
Searching items
Sorting items
Challenge: Advanced search
Solution: Advanced search

4. Writing Data

HTTP verbs
ASP.NET model binding
Model validation
Adding an item with POST
Updating an item with PUT
Deleting an item with DELETE
Challenge: Deleting several items
Solution: Deleting several items

5. API Versioning

Versioning options
The Microsoft versioning library
Implement URL versioning
Implementing header versioning
Implementer query string versioning
Documenting the API

6. Securing APIs

Enforcing HTTPS
Consuming the API with JavaScript
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Enabling CORS
OAuth and OpenID Connect
Setting up IdentityServer
Securing the API with IdentityServer
Consuming the protected API

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Christian Wenz

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