ASP.NET Core MVC REST API with SQL Server, EF Core & Image Upload | Full CRUD API Tutorial

In this complete step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to build a RESTful API using ASP.NET Core MVC, SQL Server, and Entity Framework Core — with full CRUD operations and image upload support! 💥 Whether you're a beginner or experienced .NET developer, this project will help you understand how to: Set up a clean API architecture Use DbContext with SQL Server Accept multipart/form-data for file/image uploads Return snake_case JSON fields compatible with frontend frameworks like Angular and React 🧰 What You’ll Learn: ✅ Create an ASP.NET Core Web API ✅ Set up Entity Framework Core with SQL Server ✅ Create Models & DTOs ✅ Handle image uploads via IFormFile ✅ Configure SnakeCaseNamingStrategy for frontend compatibility ✅ Setup and run EF Core migrations ✅ Test using Postman or Angular forms 📁 Project Structure: bash Copy Edit DotNetRestApi/ ├── Controllers/ ├── Models/ ├── Data/ ├── wwwroot/uploads/ ├── appsettings.json └── Program.cs 🔧 Tech Stack: ASP.NET Core 8 / 7 / 6 Entity Framework Core SQL Server Swagger for API Docs Postman / Angular (for testing frontend) 📽️ Chapters: makefile Copy Edit 0:00 Introduction 1:20 Create Web API Project 3:10 Add EF Core & DB Context 6:00 User Model & DTO 8:30 Configure JSON Snake Case 10:10 Create UserController 15:00 Image Upload Handling 19:00 Run Migrations 21:00 Testing API in Postman 24:00 Final Overview 📌 Source Code + Commands: Check the pinned comment or GitHub repo link (if available) 👍 Like, 🔔 Subscribe, and 💬 Comment if this helped you build your next backend project! #aspnetcore #restapi #dotnetcore #entityframework #sqlserver #webapi #imageupload #dotnet8 #backenddeveloper #angular #react