Odyssey Publishers

This is a sample .NET Core 3.1 implementation of a RESTful Web API interface for a fictional book publishing house named Odyssey publishers.The APIs expose methods for manipulating two primary entities within this context, namely authors and books. Domain Driven Design (DDD) was followed for the architectural design.

Libraries Used

• AutoMapper
• Dapper

Installation & Configuration

Once you clone the repo, create a new database (locally or as required) and use the CreateTables.sql and SeedData.sql scripts to generate the required database objects and load them with some seed data.

Add your database and test database connection string to the following file:

• OdysseyPublishers.API/appsettings.json

Solution Design

The core domain class contains the POCO classes for the core entities : book and author. The Application layer exposes interfaces into which the the Presentation and Infrastrucure layer plug into (the pink boxes in the diagram). All dependencies point inward towards the domain. This design makes each module of the solution modular and easily replaceable.

The Application layer contains the main business logic and services for the domain entities, and also prescribes interfaces for the outer layers. The infrastructure layer implements the repository interfaces. The presentation layer makes use of the application services, defined Data Transfer Objects and Validation logic.

API Documentation

Authors

Type	Url	Response Codes	Opt Params
GET	/api/authors	200 404	City={city}, State={state}
GET	/api/authors/{authorId}	200 404
POST	/api/authors	201
PUT	/api/authors/{authorId}	204 404
PATCH	/api/authors/{authorId}	204 404
DELETE	/api/authors/{authorId}	204 404
HEAD	/api/authors	200
OPTIONS	/api/authors	200

Books

Type	Url	Response Codes	Opt Params
GET	/api/authors/{authorId}/books	200 404	Genre={genre}
GET	/api/authors/{authorId}/books/{bookId}	200 404
POST	/api/authors/{authorId}/books	201
PUT	/api/authors/{authorId}/books/{bookId}	204 404
PATCH	/api/authors/{authorId}/books/{bookId}	204 404
DELETE	/api/authors/{authorId}/books/{bookId}	204 404
HEAD	/api/authors/{authorId}/books	200
OPTIONS	/api/authors/{authorId}/books	200