Mastering ASP.NET Web API

ContactsController for CRUD operations

Add a new web API Controller class, ContactsController; it will perform CRUD operations on PacktContactsDB. Copy the following code:

    [Route("api/[controller]")] 
    public class ContactsController : Controller 
    { 
      private readonly ContactsContext _context; 
      public ContactsController(ContactsContext contactContext) 
      { 
         _context = contactContext; 
      } 
 
      // GET api/values/5 
      [HttpGet("{id}", Name ="GetContactById")] 
      public IActionResult Get(int id) 
      { 
        var result = _context.Contacts.Any(c => c.Id == id); 
        if (!result) 
        { 
          return NotFound(); 
        } 
        return Ok(_context.Contacts.Where(c => c.Id == id) .FirstOrDefault()); } // POST api/values [HttpPost] public IActionResult Post([FromBody]Contacts reqObj) { if (reqObj == null) { return ...