Book Management Application

This is a book management application built with .NET 7, Docker, and Entity Framework. It allows users to perform CRUD operations on books and search through the book collection based on various criteria.

Features

• CRUD operations on books
• Paginated and searchable book listings
• Filter search by author, title, ISBN, etc.

Technologies

• .NET 7
• Docker
• Entity Framework
• SQL Server

Getting Started

Follow these instructions to get the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• .NET SDK 7

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>

2. Run the application:

dotnet run --project Path/To/Project.csproj

API Reference

Search Books Endpoint Search for books using a specific term and paginate the results.

Request

Method: GET URL: /book Query Parameters: termSearch: Search term (e.g., part of the book title, author name). pageNumber: The number of the results page you want to retrieve. pageSize: The number of items per page.

curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://localhost:7117/book?termSearch=John&pageNumber=2&pageSize=10' \
  -H 'accept: */*'

Response

{
  "items": [
    {
      "bookId": 6,
      "title": "The Book Thief",
      "firstName": "Markus",
      "lastName": "Zusak",
      "totalCopies": 75,
      "copiesInUse": 11,
      "type": "Hardcover",
      "isbn": "1234567896",
      "category": "Mystery"
    },
    {
      "bookId": 7,
      "title": "The Chronicles of Narnia",
      "firstName": "C.S.",
      "lastName": "Lewis",
      "totalCopies": 100,
      "copiesInUse": 14,
      "type": "Paperback",
      "isbn": "1234567897",
      "category": "Sci-Fi"
    }
    ]
}