Web API Scaffold

ASP.NET Core dotnet new template for scaffolding Web API projects. Default implementation includes Bearer Token authentication. Optional parameters for configuring Docker, Entity Framework Core, and NLog.

Example:

dotnet new apiscaffold -D -E -N

Options

-D|--Docker

• bool - Optional
• Default: false / (*) true

-E|--EntityFramework : When set to true configures app to use Entity Framework Core

• bool - Optional
• Default: false / (*) true

-N|--NLog : When set to true configures app to use NLog

• bool - Optional
• Default: false / (*) true

(* Indicates the value used if the switch is provided without a value.)

Template Installation

After getting the project from git install the dotnet new template using the --install option. For example:

dotnet new --install ~/Projects/dotnet/Templates/WebApiScaffold/

Running in Docker

To run the solution in docker use the following commands.

docker build --pull -t aspnetapp .
docker run --name example --rm -it -p 8000:80 aspnetapp

App Settings Configuration

Settings for JWT TokenLifeInMinutes, TokenAudience, and TokenIssuer are set in appsettings.json. For development Token Secret and Connetion Strings are stored using app secrets.

Example:

dotnet user-secrets set "JwtSettings:TokenSecret" "YOUR SECRET STRING"
dotnet user-secrets set "ConnectionStrings:AppDatabase" "YOUR CONNECTION STRING"