.NET 8 Minimal API - Contact Form Backend

This is the backend of the Contact Form application, built using .NET 8 Minimal API. It provides CRUD operations for managing contact form submissions from the Angular frontend.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• API Endpoints
• Deployment
• Contributing
• License

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Features

• CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) for managing contact form submissions
• Built using .NET 8 Minimal API
• Lightweight and fast API implementation
• Supports easy integration with an Angular frontend

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Requirements

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• .NET 8 SDK: Download .NET 8 SDK
• SQL Database (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) for storing contact form submissions
• IDE: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, or any other text editor of your choice

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Installation

Follow these steps to set up the project locally:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/justletmepickausername/Court-Assignment-Back.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd CourtComplaintFormBackend

3. Restore the project dependencies:

   dotnet restore

4. Configure your database connection (if applicable) in appsettings.json.

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Usage

To run the application locally:

dotnet run

By default, the API will be accessible at https://localhost:5001 (for HTTPS) or http://localhost:5000 (for HTTP). You can test it using Postman, Swagger, or any HTTP client of your choice.

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API Endpoints

• GET /api/contact
  Fetches all contact form submissions.

• GET /api/contact/{id}
  Fetches a contact form submission by its ID.

• POST /api/contact
  Creates a new contact form submission.

• PUT /api/contact/{id}
  Updates an existing contact form submission.

• DELETE /api/contact/{id}
  Deletes a contact form submission by its ID.

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Deployment

To deploy the API to production:

1. Build the project for release:

   dotnet publish -c Release -o ./publish

2. Deploy the contents of the publish/ folder to your server or cloud service (e.g., Azure, AWS, etc.).

For more details on deploying .NET APIs, refer to the official documentation.

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Contributing

We welcome contributions to this project! If you'd like to contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Make your changes and commit them (git commit -m 'Add new feature').
4. Push to your branch (git push origin feature-branch).
5. Create a pull request.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.