InstantAPIs

A proof-of-concept library that generates Minimal API endpoints for an Entity Framework context.

For a given Entity Framework context, MyContext

public class MyContext : DbContext 
{
    public MyContext(DbContextOptions<MyContext> options) : base(options) {}

    public DbSet<Contact> Contacts => Set<Contact>();
    public DbSet<Address> Addresses => Set<Address>();

}

We can generate all of the standard CRUD API endpoints using this syntax in Program.cs

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddSqlite<MyContext>("Data Source=contacts.db");

var app = builder.Build();

app.MapInstantAPIs<MyContext>();

app.Run();

Now we can navigate to /api/Contacts and see all of the Contacts in the database. We can filter for a specific Contact by navigating to /api/Contacts/1 to get just the first contact returned. We can also post to /api/Contacts and add a new Contact to the database. Since there are multiple DbSet, you can make the same calls to /api/Addresses.

TODO:

Add OpenAPI bindings
GraphQL?
Add gRPC bindings
Authorization?

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InstantAPIs