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How to add method description in Swagger UI in WebAPI Application

March 21, 2023 by Tarik

This is well documented in the project: https://github.com/domaindrivendev/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore#include-descriptions-from-xml-comments Include Descriptions from XML Comments To enhance the generated docs with human-friendly descriptions, you can annotate controller actions and models with Xml Comments and configure Swashbuckle to incorporate those comments into the outputted Swagger JSON: 1 – Open the Properties dialog for your project, click the “Build” … Read more

Should I always add CancellationToken to my controller actions?

March 21, 2023 by Tarik

Should I always add CancellationToken to my controller actions? No. You should not always. Using CancellationTokens in ASP.NET Core MVC controllers https://andrewlock.net/using-cancellationtokens-in-asp-net-core-mvc-controllers/ Whether this is correct behaviour will depend on your app. If the request modifies state, then you may not want to halt execution mid-way through a method. On the other hand, if the … Read more

JWT Authentication and Swagger with .NET Core 3.0

March 8, 2023 by Tarik

After some research, I eventually found the answer here Before seeing this page, I knew that I should use AddSecurityRequirement after AddSecurityDefinition because of many samples, but it was a problem that the function parameters have changed on .NET Core 3.0. By the way, the final answer is as below: services.AddSwaggerGen(c => { c.SwaggerDoc(“v1”, new … Read more

Mock IHttpContextAccessor in Unit Tests

March 5, 2023 by Tarik

You can use the DefaultHttpContext as a backing for the IHttpContextAccessor.HttpContext. Saves you having to set-up too many things Next you cannot use It.IsAny<string>() as a Returns result. They were meant to be used in the set up expressions alone. Check the refactor [Fact] public async Task test_GetBookByBookId() { //Arrange //Mock IHttpContextAccessor var mockHttpContextAccessor = … Read more

Visual Studio 2019 Not Showing .NET 6 Framework

February 28, 2023 by Tarik

.NET 6 is not supported in VS2019. You might make it work by manually editing your project file, but for a fully supported experience you should upgrade to VS2022.

ASP.NET Core with IIS – HTTP Verb Not Allowed

February 27, 2023 by Tarik

This was what worked for me (netcore 2.0) <system.webServer> <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests=”false”> <remove name=”WebDAVModule” /> </modules> </system.webServer> Found here: https://www.ryadel.com/en/error-405-methods-not-allowed-asp-net-core-put-delete-requests/

The JSON value could not be converted to System.Int32

February 15, 2023 by Tarik

For Asp.Net Core 3.0, it uses System.Text.Json for serialization and deserialization. For using old behavior, you could use Json.NET in an ASP.NET Core 3.0 project by referencing Json.NET support. Short Answer: Install Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson which is preview version. Change to services.AddControllers().AddNewtonsoftJson();

The target process exited without raising CoreCLR started event error with .NET Core 2.2

February 13, 2023 by Tarik

I had the same issue. I ran Program.cs file from the command line and the error message was different. So, apparently, I didn’t have the appropriate .NET Core runtime installed. You can download it by the following link – https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download

How do I get current user in .NET Core Web API (from JWT Token)

February 7, 2023 by Tarik

The accepted answer did not work for me. I’m not sure if that’s caused by me using .NET Core 2.0 or by something else, but it looks like the framework maps the Subject Claim to a NameIdentifier claim. So, the following worked for me: string userId = User.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier)?.Value; Note that this assumes the Subject sub … Read more

Creating a proxy to another web api with Asp.net core

February 5, 2023 by Tarik

If anyone is interested, I took the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Proxy code and made it a little better with middleware. Check it out here: https://github.com/twitchax/AspNetCore.Proxy. NuGet here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/AspNetCore.Proxy/. Microsoft archived the other one mentioned in this post, and I plan on responding to any issues on this project. Basically, it makes reverse proxying another web server a lot … Read more