Inventory Management API

RESTful Inventory Management API built with ASP.NET Core.

This project is intended as a backend-focused learning project to deepen my experience with C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, and relational databases, while following clean architecture and API design principles.

Tech Stack

• C#
• ASP.NET Core Web API
• Entity Framework Core
• SQLite (development)
• Swagger / OpenAPI

Features (MVP)

• Create, read, update, and delete inventory items
• Input validation and appropriate HTTP responses
• Persistent storage using Entity Framework Core
• Clean separation of concerns (Domain / Application / Infrastructure / API)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET SDK (7 or later)
• Visual Studio 2022 (recommended)

Running the API

1. Clone the repository
2. Restore dependencies
3. Run database migrations
4. Start the API

dotnet ef database update
dotnet run --project Inventory.Api

Running Tests

This project includes integration tests for the Items API endpoints using xUnit and WebApplicationFactory.

Run all tests

dotnet test

API Endpoints

• GET /api/items
• GET /api/items/{id}
• POST /api/items
• PUT /api/items/{id}
• DELETE /api/items/{id}

Roadmap

• Add integration tests for core endpoints
• Migrate from SQLite to PostgreSQL
• Add authentication using JWT
• Add role-based authorization
• Add background processing for async jobs