Creating an ASP.NET Core Web API Project

Explore how to build an ASP.NET Core Web API project to serve data from the Northwind database. Understand how to implement controllers, configure routes, handle HTTP GET requests, and create flexible API endpoints for client applications.

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Build a web service using ASP.NET Core
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Build a web service using ASP.NET Core

We will build a web service that provides a way to work with data in the Northwind database using ASP.NET Core so that the data can be used by any client application on any platform that can make HTTP requests and receive HTTP responses:

Step 1: Use your preferred code editor to open the PracticalApps solution/workspace and then add a new project, as defined in the following list:

Project template: ASP.NET Core Web API or webapi
Workspace or solution file and folder: PracticalApps
Project file and folder: Northwind.WebApi

1.Introduction

2.Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

3.Speaking C#

4.Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exception

5.Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

6.Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

7.Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

8.Packaging and Distributing .NET Types

9.Working with Common .NET Types

10.Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

11.Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core

12.Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

13.Introducing Web Development Using ASP.NET Core

14.Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

15.Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

16.Building and Consuming Web Services

17.Building User Interfaces Using Blazor

18.Conclusion

Creating an ASP.NET Core Web API Project

Build a web service using ASP.NET Core