Mastering ASP.NET Web API

Mapping

We use AutoMapper to map between Model and Dto and vice versa. The following diagram shows you how AutoMapper fits into our solution:

Add a NuGet reference to AutoMapper for the API project and the project that will do the mapping.

In the API project, I created a new class to set up the maps. This class inherits from the AutoMappers profile class.

This is the simplest set up:

It says that you should create a map between dto as the source and model as the target. However, we know it's not that simple. This is what it ends up being like: ...