ASP.NET Core API Documentation

Core API Overview

Explore the most used classes, methods, and interfaces of ASP.NET Core. Click an item to view detailed documentation.

IApplicationBuilder

Defines methods for configuring an application's request pipeline.

IServiceCollection

Provides a container for registering services for dependency injection.

WebApplication

Convenient entry point for building minimal APIs.

HttpContext

Encapsulates all HTTP-specific information about an individual HTTP request.

ControllerBase

Base class for MVC controllers without view support.

ILogger

Interface for logging within the framework.

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
builder.Services.AddControllers();

var app = builder.Build();
app.MapControllers();
app.Run();

Copy the code above into Program.cs to spin up a basic ASP.NET Core app.

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