hurricanemark / myMinimalAspNetWebAPI

A ASP.NET WebApp is created using the dotnet CLI with -minimal option resulting in the controller logic being part of the main Program.cs

ASP.NET Core WebAPI Using DOTNET CLI with --minimal Option

This ASP.NET WebApp is created using the dotnet CLI with -minimal option resulting in the controller logic being part of the main Program.cs

Create a minimal CS project using dotnet cli

From a powershell terminal, type the command dotnet new webapi -minimal -f net7.0 -o myHowdyAPI

PS D:\DEVEL\C-SharpProjs\LINKEDIN_TRAINING_2023\.NET7API\hello> dotnet new webapi -minimal -f net7.0 -o myHowdyAPI
The template "ASP.NET Core Web API" was created successfully.

Processing post-creation actions...
Restoring D:\DEVEL\C-SharpProjs\LINKEDIN_TRAINING_2023\.NET7API\hello\myHowdyAPI\myHowdyAPI.csproj:
  Determining projects to restore...
  Restored D:\DEVEL\C-SharpProjs\LINKEDIN_TRAINING_2023\.NET7API\hello\myHowdyAPI\myHowdyAPI.csproj (in 324 ms).
Restore succeeded.

2. Build and run the program

PS D:\DEVEL\C-SharpProjs\LINKEDIN_TRAINING_2023\.NET7API\hello\myHowdyAPI> dotnet run
Building...
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[14]
      Now listening on: https://localhost:5052
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Hosting environment: Development
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Content root path: D:\DEVEL\C-SharpProjs\LINKEDIN_TRAINING_2023\.NET7API\hello\myHowdyAPI

Output

Open the browser to https://localhost5052/weatherforecast/