MiniDevTo VS VSRSample

have a look at this if interested in vertical slice architecture.

n-layered architecture and shared repositories could make a mangled mess if not done with extreme care. try looking up vertical slice architecture for a more modern, alternative approach. here's an example project: https://github.com/dj-nitehawk/MiniDevTo

if you want simplified jwt bearer auth, you might be interested in this. here's an example login endpoint

option a should be fine. if you need help with the api building part, this git repo should help. see here for a walkthrough.

i use fluent validation rules to do input validation. see following link for an example: https://github.com/dj-nitehawk/MiniDevTo/blob/main/Features/Author/Signup/Endpoint.cs

here's an example: https://github.com/dj-nitehawk/MiniDevTo

first, we're using the ToEntity() method on the Map property of the endpoint class to transform the request dto into an Author domain entity. the logic for mapping is in the Mapper.cs file which can be found here. you can read more about the mapper class here.

You can check my source code. https://github.com/sgashua/VSRSample