Minimal API with .NET Core - The Complete Guide [2026]

<div>API has been there since a very long time but microsoft has recelty introduced something new "MINIMAL API"</div><div><br></div><div>Minimal API is a short form of standard API and there are very good reasons on why you should learn it and why it would be preffered over API in some scenarios.</div><div><br></div><div>In this video we will explore everything about Minimal API, as we first answer the big question "WHY MINIMAL API?"</div><div><br></div><div>By the end of this course, you will be able to build a endpoints with minimal API by yourself, make GET, POST, PUT and DELETE HTTP Requests with a well-built repository pattern in .NET Core.</div><div><br></div><div>What are the requirements?</div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">3-6 months knowledge of ASP.NET Core.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Visual Studio 2022</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">SQL Server Management Studio</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">.NET 7</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">All source codes and exercise solutions of this course are also available on Github and you can find details in the lecture "PROJECT RESOURCES", of course.</span></div><div><br></div><div>I always strive to keep content latest and with top quality content! You will start from ground zero and build a complete API with advance concepts like authorization, authentication, filters and much more!</div><div><br></div><div>This will be a hands on course with programming, so lets get started and learn the new and exciting world of Minimal API.</div>

What you'll learn:

• Learn basic fundamentals of .NET Minimal API
• Build .NET Minimal API Endpoints
• Learn how to document Minimal API
• Dependency Injection in Minimal API with AutoMapper and Validations
• DTO's and Validations in Minimal API
• Implement Repository Pattern in Minimal API to database using EF
• Integrate Entity Framework along with code first migrations
• Authentication and Authorization in Minimal API
• Filters in Minimal API