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ASP.NET Parcel Tracking API

Build a production-grade parcel tracking REST API from the ground up. Apply your ASP.NET Core knowledge to design domain models inspired by real carrier APIs (FedEx, UPS), implement tracking workflows with business rules, and deliver a complete, well-structured API project.

Course Content

1

Project Setup & Domain Design

Initialize the project, design the core domain model with EF Core and PostgreSQL, configure OpenAPI documentation with API Key authentication, and set up many-to-many relationships

110m
1Project & Domain Model Overviewlesson12m2Designing Entity Classes & Enumslesson18m3EF Core Configuration & Migrationslesson20m4OpenAPI Documentation & API Key Authenticationlesson20m5Generating Test Data with Boguslesson15m6Project Setup & Domain Design Quizquiz
2

Address Management API

Build CRUD endpoints for managing shipper and recipient addresses with validation

75m
1Address API Overviewlesson10m2CRUD Endpoints for Addresseslesson18m3Validation and DTOslesson20m4Address Management API Quizquiz
3

Parcel Registration

Create an API to register new parcels and generate unique tracking numbers

75m
1Parcel Registration Workflowlesson15m2Building the Registration Endpointlesson20m3Foreign Key Validation and Initial Eventlesson18m4Parcel Registration Quizquiz
4

Parcel Retrieval & Tracking Lookup

Build APIs to retrieve parcel details by ID and by tracking number

75m
1Internal vs. Public Retrieval Patternslesson10m2Building Retrieval Endpointslesson15m3Problem Details & Calculated DTO Fieldslesson15m4Parcel Retrieval & Tracking Lookup Quizquiz
5

Tracking Events & History

Implement an API to record tracking events and retrieve full tracking history

75m
1Append-Only Event Logs for Trackinglesson10m2Building the Tracking Events APIlesson18m3Event History & Date Range Filteringlesson15m4Tracking Events & History Quizquiz
6

Status Lifecycle & Business Rules

Enforce parcel status transition rules and lifecycle constraints with a state machine

75m
1State Machine Concepts for Parcel Lifecyclelesson15m2Implementing Status Transitionslesson20m3JSON Patch Endpoint & Terminal State Protectionlesson20m4Status Lifecycle & Business Rules Quizquiz
7

Search, Filter & Pagination

Build a search API with dynamic filters, cursor-based pagination, and sorting

75m
1Search, Filtering & Pagination Conceptslesson12m2Building Dynamic Queries with IQueryablelesson18m3Cursor-Based Pagination & Sortinglesson20m4Search, Filter & Pagination Quizquiz
8

Delivery Confirmation

Implement delivery confirmation with proof-of-delivery data and on-time metrics

75m
1Delivery Confirmation Workflowlesson12m2Building the Confirmation Endpointlesson18m3Proof of Delivery and Retrievallesson16m4Delivery Confirmation Quizquiz
9

Exception Handling & Retry Delivery

Build APIs for reporting delivery exceptions and scheduling redelivery attempts

75m
1Exception Workflows Overviewlesson12m2Exception Reporting Endpointlesson18m3Retry Logic & Exception Monitoringlesson20m4Exception Handling & Retry Delivery Quizquiz
10

Estimated Delivery Calculation

Build a service to calculate and update estimated delivery dates with confidence levels

75m
1Delivery Estimation Overviewlesson12m2Building the Delivery Estimation Servicelesson18m3Time Windows, Confidence, and Recalculation Endpointslesson16m4Estimated Delivery Calculation Quizquiz
11

Parcel Analytics & Summary Endpoints

Build reporting endpoints for delivery performance metrics and analytics

75m
1Analytics & Summary Endpoints Overviewlesson12m2EF Core Aggregation Querieslesson18m3Response Caching & Pipeline Statuslesson16m4Parcel Analytics & Summary Endpoints Quizquiz
12

API Polish & Production Readiness

Add OpenAPI documentation, health checks, versioning, CORS, and rate limiting

75m
1API Production Readinesslesson10m2OpenAPI Documentation & API Versioninglesson15m3Health Checks, CORS & Rate Limitinglesson15m4API Polish & Production Readiness Quizquiz

What you'll learn

  • Design a domain model based on real-world carrier data structures
  • Configure EF Core relationships (one-to-many, one-to-one, many-to-many, enums)
  • Create and apply database migrations
  • Set up OpenAPI documentation with Scalar for interactive endpoint testing
  • Implement API Key authentication using a custom AuthenticationHandler
  • Generate realistic test data with the Bogus library

Tags

aspnetdotnetapirestprojectefcorebackend

Prerequisites

  • • aspnet-rest-api-basics