Reading from database ok even dto implemented

VideoGameCharacterApi/Controllers/VideoGameCharactersController.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Dtos;
 using VideoGameCharacterApi.Models;
 using VideoGameCharacterApi.Services;
 
@@ -11,11 +12,11 @@ namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Controllers
     {
 
         [HttpGet]
-        public async Task<ActionResult<List<Character>>> GetCharacters()
+        public async Task<ActionResult<List<CharacterResponse>>> GetCharacters()
             =>  Ok(await service.GetCharactersAsync());
 
         [HttpGet("{id}")]
-        public async Task<ActionResult<Character>> GetCharacter(int id)
+        public async Task<ActionResult<CharacterResponse>> GetCharacter(int id)
         {
             var character = await service.GetCharacterByIdAsync(id);
             return character is null ? NotFound("Character with given id was not found") : Ok(character);

VideoGameCharacterApi/Dtos/CharacterResponse.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Dtos
+{
+    public class CharacterResponse
+    {
+        //public int Id { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public string Game { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public string Role { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    }
+}

VideoGameCharacterApi/Migrations/20260207133430_initial.Designer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Data;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260207133430_initial")]
+    partial class initial
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.2")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 128);
+
+            SqlServerModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("VideoGameCharacterApi.Models.Character", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    SqlServerPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Game")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("nvarchar(max)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("nvarchar(max)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Role")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("nvarchar(max)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Characters");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}

VideoGameCharacterApi/Migrations/20260207133430_initial.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class initial : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "Characters",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "int", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("SqlServer:Identity", "1, 1"),
+                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "nvarchar(max)", nullable: false),
+                    Game = table.Column<string>(type: "nvarchar(max)", nullable: false),
+                    Role = table.Column<string>(type: "nvarchar(max)", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Characters", x => x.Id);
+                });
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "Characters");
+        }
+    }
+}

VideoGameCharacterApi/Migrations/ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Data;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
+    partial class ApplicationDbContextModelSnapshot : ModelSnapshot
+    {
+        protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.2")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 128);
+
+            SqlServerModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("VideoGameCharacterApi.Models.Character", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("int");
+
+                    SqlServerPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Game")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("nvarchar(max)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("nvarchar(max)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Role")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("nvarchar(max)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Characters");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}

VideoGameCharacterApi/Program.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Scalar.AspNetCore;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Data;
 using VideoGameCharacterApi.Services;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ builder.Services.AddControllers();
 // Learn more about configuring OpenAPI at https://aka.ms/aspnet/openapi
 builder.Services.AddOpenApi();
 
-builder.services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
+builder.Services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
     options.UseSqlServer(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
 
 builder.Services.AddScoped<IVideoGameCharacterService, VideoGameCharacterService>();

VideoGameCharacterApi/Services/IVideoGameCharacterService.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-using VideoGameCharacterApi.Models;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Dtos;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Models;
 
 namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Services;
 
 public interface IVideoGameCharacterService
 {
-    Task<List<Character>> GetCharactersAsync();
+    Task<List<CharacterResponse>> GetCharactersAsync();
-    Task<Character> GetCharacterByIdAsync(int id);
+    Task<CharacterResponse> GetCharacterByIdAsync(int id);
-    Task<Character> AddCharacterAsync(Character character);
+    Task<CharacterResponse> AddCharacterAsync(Character character);
     Task<Character> UpdateCharacterAsync(int id,Character character);
     Task<bool> DeleteCharacterAsync(int id);
 }

VideoGameCharacterApi/Services/VideoGameCharacterService.cs

@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-using VideoGameCharacterApi.Models;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Data;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Dtos;
+using VideoGameCharacterApi.Models;
 
 namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Services
 {
     public class VideoGameCharacterService : IVideoGameCharacterService
     {
-        static List<Character> characters = new List<Character>
+        private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;
-            {
-                new Character { Id = 1, Name = "Mario", Game = "Super Mario Bros.", Role = "hero" },
-                new Character { Id = 2, Name = "Link", Game = "The Legend of Zelda", Role = "hero" },
-                new Character { Id = 3, Name = "Bowser", Game = "Super Mario Bros.", Role = "villain" },
-                new Character { Id = 4, Name = "Zelda", Game = "The Legend of Zelda", Role = "princess" },
 
-            };
+        public VideoGameCharacterService(ApplicationDbContext context)
+        {
+            _context = context;
+        }
 
-        public Task<Character> AddCharacterAsync(Character character)
+
+        public Task<CharacterResponse> AddCharacterAsync(Character character)
         {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
@@ -23,15 +25,35 @@ namespace VideoGameCharacterApi.Services
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
 
-        public async Task<Character> GetCharacterByIdAsync(int id)
+        public async Task<CharacterResponse> GetCharacterByIdAsync(int id)
-            => await Task.FromResult(characters.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Id == id));
+        {
+            var result = await _context.Characters
+                .Where(c => c.Id == id)
+                .Select(c => new CharacterResponse
+                {
+                    Name = c.Name,
+                    Game = c.Game,
+                    Role = c.Role
+                })
+                .FirstOrDefaultAsync();
+            return result;
+        }
 
-        public async Task<List<Character>> GetCharactersAsync()
+        public async Task<List<CharacterResponse>> GetCharactersAsync()
-            => await Task.FromResult(characters);
+            => await _context.Characters.Select(c => new CharacterResponse
+            {
+                Name = c.Name,
+                Game = c.Game,
+                Role = c.Role
+            }).ToListAsync();
 
         public Task<Character> UpdateCharacterAsync(int id, Character character)
         {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
-    }
+    };
+
+
+
+
 }

VideoGameCharacterApi/appsettings.json

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DefaultConnection": ""
+    "DefaultConnection": "Server=TFOACERLAP;Database=VideoGameCharactersDB;Trusted_Connection=True;Encrypt=no;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
-    "Server=TFOACERLAP;Database=VideoGameCharactersDB;Trusted_Connection=True;Encrypt=no;MultipleActiveResultSets=true\"\"",
   },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {