Stock API

This project is a .NET Core-based API designed to manage stock data, user portfolios, and comments related to various stocks. The API provides a secure, scalable, and efficient solution to handle stock-related information, including user authentication and authorization using JWT.

Features

• User Authentication & Authorization: Implements JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for secure user authentication and role-based access control.
• Stock Management: Allows CRUD operations on stock data, including symbol, company name, industry, market cap, and more.
• Portfolio Management: Enables users to manage their stock portfolios.
• Comment System: Users can leave comments on specific stocks.
• Database Integration: Utilizes SQL Server and Entity Framework Core for database management.
• Swagger Integration: API documentation and testing using Swagger with JWT token support.
• JSON Serialization: Uses Newtonsoft.Json for handling JSON serialization, ensuring no reference loops.

Technologies Covered

• .NET Core: The core framework used to build the API.
• Entity Framework Core: ORM used to interact with SQL Server.
• SQL Server: Database management system for storing data.
• ASP.NET Identity: For handling user authentication and authorization.
• JWT (JSON Web Tokens): Used for secure user authentication and authorization.
• Swagger: API documentation and testing.
• Newtonsoft.Json: For JSON serialization and deserialization.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET Core SDK
• SQL Server

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [email protected]:mohamedhassan218/stock-api.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd API

3. Restore the dependencies:

   dotnet restore

4. Update the appsettings.json with your SQL Server connection string:

   "ConnectionStrings": {
       "DefaultConnection": "Your SQL Server connection string here"
   }

5. Apply the migrations to set up the database:

   dotnet ef database update

6. Run the application:

   dotnet run

API Documentation

Once the application is running, you can access the Swagger UI for API documentation and testing at:

http://localhost:5111/swagger/index.html

Thank You

Special thanks to Teddy Smith for his excellent playlist which guided me throughout this project. His teachings on .NET Core and building RESTful APIs were invaluable.