Creating an API controller

In this section, we are going to create an API controller to handle requests to an api/questions endpoint. The controller will call into the data repository we created in the previous chapter. We'll also create an instance of the data repository in the API controller using dependency injection.

Creating an API controller for questions

Let's create a controller for the api/questions endpoint. If we don't have our backend project open in Visual Studio, let's do so and carry out the following steps:

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click on the Controllers folder, choose Add, and then Class....
2. In the left-hand panel, find and select ASP.NET Core and then API Controller Class in the...