GlobalX.Hypermedia.AspNetCore transforms your plain old JSON objects into hypermedia aware response. Currently the only Using the implemented standard is the Hal Specification.
The library inspects the Accept header on requests. If set to application/json+hal
it will transform the object into
a HAL compliant response accoording to the definitions you provide.
Use nuget to pull Globalx.Hypermedia.AspNetCore into your project.
The add the HalOutputFormatter
to the set of OutputFormatters to your AddMvc
declaration.
public IServiceProvider ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddMvc(o =>
{
o.OutputFormatters.Insert(0, new HalOutputFormatter());
}
}
To configure your responses create a HalConfiguration
. For example for a response class;
public class Recipe {
public string Name {get; set;}
public List<string> Ingredients {get; set;}
}
HalConfiguration ConfigureHal()
{
HalConfiguration hal = new HalConfiguration();
hal.For<Recipe>()
.Links(x => new Link("self", "/recipes/{name}"))
.Links(x => new Link("purchaseIngredients", "/recipes/{name}/purchase"))
return hal;
}
This HalConfiguration is then introduced into the DI system.
services.AddSingleton<IProvideHalTypeConfiguration>(ConfigureHal());
If the accept header is application/json
then the response will be;
{
"name": "egg on toast",
"ingredients": [
"egg",
"toast"
]
}
If the accept header is application/json+hal
then the response will be;
{
"name": "egg on toast",
"ingredients": [
"egg",
"toast"
],
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "/recipes/egg+on+toast",
"templated": false
},
"purchaseIngredients": {
"href": "/recipes/egg+on+toast/purchase",
"templated": false
}
}
}
dotnet pack --include-source --include-symbols -o ./nuget
This package is essentially a port of Nancy.Hal written by Dan Barua. Modified to work with AspNet.WebApi.
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