Professional REST API design with ASP.NET Core and WebAPI

This project is an example of lightweight and extensible infrastructure for building RESTful Web API with ASP.NET Core.

This example contains a number of tricks and techniques which I've learned while building APIs in ASP.NET Core.

Techniques and Features

•  JWT Authentication
• Secure JWT using Encryption (JWE)
• Logging to File, Console and Database using Elmah & NLog
• Logging to sentry.io (Log Management System)
• Exception Handling using Custom Middleware
• Automatic Validation
• Standard API Resulting
• Dependency Injection using Autofac
• Map resources using AutoMapper
• Async/Await Best Practices
• Versioning Management
• Using Swagger (Swashbuckle)
• Auto Document Generator for Swagger
• Integrate Swagger and Versioning
• Integrate Swagger and JWT/OAuth Authentication
• Best Practices for Performance and Security 

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