namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Contracts;

public interface IModule
{
    IEndpointRouteBuilder RegisterEndpoints(IEndpointRouteBuilder endpoints);
}

public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
{
    public static IServiceCollection AddApplicationServices(this IServiceCollection services,
        WebApplicationBuilder builder)
    {
        // ...

        builder.Services.AddAllModules(typeof(Program));

        return services;
    }

    private static void AddAllModules(this IServiceCollection services, params Type[] types)
    {
        // Using the `Scrutor` to add all of the application's modules at once.
        services.Scan(scan =>
            scan.FromAssembliesOf(types)
                .AddClasses(classes => classes.AssignableTo<IModule>())
                .AsImplementedInterfaces()
                .WithSingletonLifetime());
    }
}

using MinimalBlog.Api.Contracts;

namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Extensions;

public static class ModuleExtensions
{
    public static WebApplication RegisterEndpoints(this WebApplication app)
    {
        if (app == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(app));
        }

        var modules = app.Services.GetServices<IModule>();
        foreach (var module in modules)
        {
            module.RegisterEndpoints(app);
        }

        return app;
    }
}

using MinimalBlog.Api.Extensions;

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

var app = builder.Build();
app.ConfigureApplication();
app.RegisterEndpoints();

app.Run();

namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Features.Authors;

public class AuthorModule : IModule
{
    public IEndpointRouteBuilder RegisterEndpoints(IEndpointRouteBuilder endpoints)
    {
        endpoints.MapGet("/api/authors", async (MinimalBlogDbContext ctx) =>
        {
            var authors = await ctx.Authors.ToListAsync();
            return authors;
        });

        endpoints.MapPost("/api/authors", async (MinimalBlogDbContext ctx, AuthorDto authorDto) =>
        {
            var author = new Author();
            author.FirstName = authorDto.FirstName;
            author.LastName = authorDto.LastName;
            author.Bio = authorDto.Bio;
            author.DateOfBirth = authorDto.DateOfBirth;

            ctx.Authors.Add(author);
            await ctx.SaveChangesAsync();

            return author;
        });

        return endpoints;
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="11.0.0" />    
    <PackageReference Include="MediatR.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.1" />  
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
{
    public static IServiceCollection AddApplicationServices(this IServiceCollection services,
        WebApplicationBuilder builder)
    {
        // ...

        builder.Services.AddMediatR(typeof(Program));
        builder.Services.AddAutoMapper(typeof(Program));

        return services;
    }
}

using AutoMapper;
using MinimalBlog.Domain.Model;

namespace MinimalBlog.Api.Features.Authors;

public class AuthorProfile : Profile
{
    public AuthorProfile()
    {
        CreateMap<AuthorDto, Author>().ReverseMap();
    }
}

using FluentValidationSample.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult RegisterValidateManually(RegisterModel model)
        {
            var validator = new RegisterModelValidator();
            var validationResult = validator.Validate(model);
            if (!validationResult.IsValid)
            {
                return BadRequest(validationResult.Errors[0].ErrorMessage);
            }

            // TODO: Save the model

            return Ok();
        }
    }
}

public IActionResult RegisterValidateManually(RegisterModel model)
{
    var validator = new RegisterModelValidator();
    var validationResult = validator.Validate(model);
    if (!validationResult.IsValid)
    {
       validationResult.AddToModelState(ModelState, null);
       return BadRequest(ModelState);
    }

    // TODO: Save the model

    return Ok();
}

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<IValidator<RegisterModel>, RegisterModelValidator>();
            services.AddControllersWithViews();
        }

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IValidator<RegisterModel> _registerModelValidator;

        public HomeController(IValidator<RegisterModel> registerModelValidator)
        {
            _registerModelValidator = registerModelValidator;
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult RegisterValidatorInjection(RegisterModel model)
        {
            var validationResult = _registerModelValidator.Validate(model);
            if (!validationResult.IsValid)
            {
                return BadRequest(validationResult.Errors[0].ErrorMessage);
            }

            // TODO: Save the model

            return Ok();
        }
    }
}

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<IValidator<RegisterModel>, RegisterModelValidator>();
            services.AddControllersWithViews().AddFluentValidation();
        }

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult RegisterValidatorAutomatically(RegisterModel model)
        {
            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                // re-render the view when validation failed.
                return View(model);
            }

            // TODO: Save the model

            return Ok();
        }
    }
}

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web.Controllers
{
    [Route("[controller]")]
    [ApiController]
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult RegisterValidatorAutomatically(RegisterModel model)
        {
            // TODO: Save the model

            return Ok();
        }
    }
}

{
    "type": "https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.1",
    "title": "One or more validation errors occurred.",
    "status": 400,
    "traceId": "|84df05e2-41e0d4841bb61293.",
    "errors": {
        "FirstName": [
            "'First Name' must not be empty."
        ]
    }
}

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            // ...

            // override modelstate
            services.Configure<ApiBehaviorOptions>(options =>
            {
                options.InvalidModelStateResponseFactory = context =>
                {
                    var errors = context.ModelState.Values.SelectMany(x => x.Errors.Select(p => p.ErrorMessage)).ToList();
                    return new BadRequestObjectResult(new
                    {
                        Code = "00009",
                        Message = "Validation errors",
                        Errors = errors
                    });
                };
            });
        }

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddControllersWithViews().AddFluentValidation(
                fv => fv.RegisterValidatorsFromAssemblyContaining<RegisterModelValidator>()
            );
        }

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddControllersWithViews().AddFluentValidation(
       fv =>
       {
           fv.RegisterValidatorsFromAssemblyContaining<RegisterModelValidator>();
           fv.RunDefaultMvcValidationAfterFluentValidationExecutes = false;
       }
    );
}

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