Hands-On RESTful Web Services with ASP.NET Core 3

Understanding built-in middleware

So, what are the use cases for middleware? As discussed earlier, they are usually related to cross-cutting concerns such as logging, authentication, and exception handling. ASP.NET Core itself provides some built-in middleware that represents a standard way to solve problems:

• UseStaticFiles(): Provides a way to deal with static files and assets inside your application. When the client asks for a static resource, this middleware filters the request and returns the requested file without hitting the rest of the pipeline.
• AddResponseCaching(): Helps developers to configure the caching system of the application. This middleware also adds all HTTP-compliant information related to the cache.
• UseHttpsRedirection() ...