See how you can use the scaffolding tools in Visual Studio to automatically create a controller to read, create, update, and delete an Entity Framework entity.
- [Instructor] We just looked at using DTOs in your API,…but sometimes you do want to create a very generic API…that exposes all of the basic CRUD operations,…that is C-R-U-D, create, read, update, and delete,…and you wanna expose those more directly with your entities…instead of using purpose built APIs with DTOs.…Let's look at some very cool tooling that's built…into Visual Studio that makes building entity framework…based API controllers very easy to do.…
In Visual Studio, we're going to build a new controller…using some built in tooling that helps us…automatically scaffold new API controllers…using entity framework entities.…We'll start by right clicking on the controllers…and picking add controller, then we'll select…the option called web API two controller…with actions using entity framework.…That's a pretty long name,…so let's break that down a little bit.…First, we're asking Visual Studio to create a new controller…using the web API framework as opposed to MVC for example.…
Next, we're asking Visual Studio to create…
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10/17/2018- Convention-based routing
- Binding your code to an HTTP request
- Validating models
- Using attributes to route requests
- Customizing attribute routes
- Data serialization and model binding
- Error handling
- Using exception filters and exception loggers
- API documentation and testing
- Securing your API
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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The power of Web APIs1m 13s
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What you should know1m 22s
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1. Controllers and Actions
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Convention-based routing3m 28s
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Parameter binding conventions10m 59s
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Parameter binding attributes1m 39s
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HTTP verb attributes3m 6s
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Return values9m 23s
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Validating models4m 51s
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Using formats besides JSON2m 43s
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2. Routing
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Routing table6m 41s
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Attribute routing4m 27s
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Customizing attribute routes4m 34s
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3. Data Serialization and Model Binding
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Models and DTOs5m 22s
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Useful Json.NET settings5m 46s
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4. Error Handling
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Using HttpResponseException2m 33s
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Using exception filters7m 26s
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Using exception loggers4m 6s
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Global exception handler6m 47s
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5. API Documentation and Testing
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Documenting with help pages6m 55s
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API testing client Postman7m 33s
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6. Security
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Authorize attribute2m 5s
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AllowAnonymous attribute1m 35s
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Setting user principal4m 30s
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Overview of JSON web tokens3m 22s
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JWT in action8m 23s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 38s
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