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Asp Net Core Web API programming tutorial: Weather Control application that uses (netcore3.1/net6.0) with either EntityFramework and EdgeDb plus Wissance.WebApiToolkitpi
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Asp Net Core Web API programming tutorial: Weather Control application that uses (netcore3.1/net6.0) with either EntityFramework and EdgeDb plus Wissance.WebApiToolkitpi

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## WeatherControl

![Manage you WeatherData with Wissance](https://github.com/Wissance/WeatherControl/blob/master/docs/cover.png)

This project uses [`Wissance.WebApiToolkit`](https://github.com/Wissance/WebApiToolkit) so please give us a star! And for this project too!

### 1. General description

This project from the one side is a **tutorial** about how to design `REST API` using `C#`, but from the other side it is also fully functional `Web API` (`REST`) for working with meteorological stations or with indoor conditions sensors.

1. `REST API` with `EntityFramework` `ORM` - `Wissance.WeatherControl.WebApi` project
2. `REST API` with `EdgeDb` `Graph DB` - `Wissance.WeatherControl.WebApi.V2` project

These 2 Project previously having had (< `2.0`) different data Model, but starting from `2.0` they have the same data model.

These projects targets multiple platforms - `netcore 3.1`, `net6` and `net8`.

### 2. Data Model

#### 2.1 Glossary / Domain object

* `Station` - weather station that has name, description, coordinates and it **can collect and store any number of parameters**, 1 measuring parameter - 1 `Sensor`;
* `Sensor` - sensor that measures physical values like `Temparature`, `Pressure`, `Humidity` and so on, 1 sensor measures only one 1 physical value;
* `MeasureUnit` - physical value itself that is measuring by `Sensor`.
* `Measurement` - Sensor values = timestamp + numeric (decimal) value.

### 3. REST API With Entity Framework

#### 3.1 Application Overview

Web API (REST) service (.Net Core) could store weather data from multiple weather station with multiple (any number) sensors, typically meteo stations store/manage following physical value measurements getting from appropriate sensors:
* `temperature`;
* `atmosphere pressure`;
* `humidity`;
* `wind speed`;

Application has 4 `resources` = Domain objects

Application uses `MsSql` (`Sql Server`) as Database Server (this could be easily changed, but this required to re-generate migration).

1. `Station`
2. `Sensor`
3. `MeasureUnit`
4. `Measurement`

Here is relations between objects in SQL database:
![Relation between objects in SQL DB](docs/sql_db_model.png)

#### 3.2 Overall usage scenario

This is a **very simple application (demo)**, if any feature is needed open new issue/request. Every `REST` resource described in a separate sub chapter.

##### 3.2.1 Operation with MeasureUnit resource

First we should configure what we would like to measure, we could do it via `POST` `~/api/MeasureUnit` with body i.e.:

```json
{
"name": "Wind speed",
"description": "",
"abbreviation": "V, mm/s"
}
```

```bash
curl -X 'POST' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/MeasureUnit' \
-H 'accept: text/plain' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Wind speed",
"description": "",
"abbreviation": "V, mm/s"
}'
```

We could edit created MeasureUnit via `PUT` `~/api/MeasureUnit/{id}`, with new body, i.e.:
```json
{
"name": "Wind speed",
"description": "Wind speed in mm/s",
"abbreviation": "V, mm/s"
}
```

```bash
curl -X 'PUT' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/MeasureUnit/b23b25dc-49df-42e3-8374-08dcf37af278' \
-H 'accept: text/plain' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Wind speed",
"description": "Wind speed in mm/s",
"abbreviation": "V, mm/s"
}'
```

Or get multiple objects - `GET` `~/api/MeasureUnit`

##### 3.2.2 Operations with Station resource

1. Create Station:

`POST http://localhost:8058/api/station`

```json
{
"name": "Ufa meteo station",
"description": "Meteo station in Ufa city",
"longitude": "55°96'0\"E",
"latitude": "54°7'0\"N",
"sensors": []
}
```

```bash
curl -X 'POST' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/Station' \
-H 'accept: text/plain' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Ufa meteo station",
"description": "Meteo station in Ufa city",
"longitude": "55°96'\''0\"E",
"latitude": "54°7'\''0\"N",
"sensors": []
}'
```

We got a Operation result response:
```json
{
"success": true,
"message": null,
"data": {
"id": "7b5dab63-b9d9-4aac-dd19-08dcf42ec6b0",
"name": "Ufa meteo station",
"description": "Meteo station in Ufa city",
"longitude": "55°96'0\"E",
"latitude": "54°7'0\"N",
"sensors": null
}
}
```

Example of station creation postman (different from upper requests)
![Result of running create station](docs/create_station_v1_example.png)

Example of station **with sensors** creation in postman (different from upper requests)
![Result of running create station](docs/create_station_v1_with_sensors_example.png)

2. Station data update (could be updated name, description and coordinates):

`PUT http://localhost:8058/api/station/9bea7375-b27a-4c48-ee97-08dcf4490c3f`

Body and response are the same as at Create operation, unlike Sensors are not editable through `PUT`:
```json
{
"name": "Nizniy Tagil meteostation",
"description": "Nizniy Tagil meteostation (Sverdlovskaya region)",
"longitude": "60°07'0\"E",
"latitude": "57°88'0\"N",
"sensors": []
}
```

```bash
curl -X 'PUT' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/Station/9bea7375-b27a-4c48-ee97-08dcf4490c3f' \
-H 'accept: text/plain' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Nizniy Tagil meteostation",
"description": "Nizniy Tagil meteostation (Sverdlovskaya region)",
"longitude": "60°07'0\"E",
"latitude": "57°88'0\"N",
"sensors": []
}'
```

Example of running different station update in Postman:
![Result of running update station](docs/update_station_v1_example.png)

3. There are two get endpoints:

* 3.1 to get `one by id` - `GET http://localhost:8058/api/station/{id}`
* 3.2 to get `collection with paging` - `GET http://localhost:8058/api/station/?page=1&size=10`

![Result of running get stations](docs/get_station_v1_example.png)

4. To delete station with id `9bea7375-b27a-4c48-ee97-08dcf4490c3f` use endpoint `DELETE http://localhost:8058/api/station/9bea7375-b27a-4c48-ee97-08dcf4490c3f`

##### 3.2.4 Operations with Sensor resource

Operation with Sensors are the same as for Sensor.

1. Create Sensor - `POST ~/api/Sensor`, i.e.
```bash
curl -X 'POST' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/Sensor' \
-H 'accept: text/plain' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Temperature sensor ЕТ1",
"description": "",
"latitude": "",
"longitude": "",
"stationId": "7004ccf8-8c6a-47dd-dd18-08dcf42ec6b0",
"measureUnitId": "7f319181-31d3-44ce-8371-08dcf37af278"
}'
```

2. Update Sensor is similar to Create:
```bash
curl -X 'PUT' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/Sensor/cb018a8a-cb03-4dbd-2b3c-08dcf466fe52' \
-H 'accept: text/plain' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "Temperature sensor ЕТ1",
"description": "Temperature sensor",
"latitude": "",
"longitude": "",
"stationId": "7004ccf8-8c6a-47dd-dd18-08dcf42ec6b0",
"measureUnitId": "7f319181-31d3-44ce-8371-08dcf37af278"
}'
```

3. There are two get endpoints:

* 3.1 to get `one by id` - `GET http://localhost:8058/api/sensor/{id}`
* 3.2 to get `collection with paging` - `GET http://localhost:8058/api/station/?page=1&size=10` with 2 additional params:
- station (`Guid`) for filtering Sensors by relation to station
- mu (`Guid`) for filtering Sensors by MeasureUnit

Examples of usage:
* Get multiple for MeasureUnit with id `7f319181-31d3-44ce-8371-08dcf37af278` - `http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/Sensor?mu=7f319181-31d3-44ce-8371-08dcf37af278`
* Get multiple for MeasureUnit and Station `http://127.0.0.1:8058/api/Sensor?station=9694eacb-6470-46c2-dd1a-08dcf42ec6b0&mu=7f319181-31d3-44ce-8371-08dcf37af278`

##### 3.2.5 Operations with Measurement resource

1. Create measurements

`POST http://localhost:8058/api/measurement`
One measurement is one sample of measuring some MeasureUnit, Measurement directly relates to Sensor, not MeasureUnit (this could be discussed)

```json
{
"SampleDate": "2024-10-25T12:10:00",
"Value": 7.45,
"SensorId": "cb018a8a-cb03-4dbd-2b3c-08dcf466fe52"
}
```

We got following result in the output:
```json
{
"success": true,
"message": null,
"data": {
"id": "af27b058-4f6b-46f3-ff6b-08dcf4c8e236",
"sampleDate": "2024-10-25T12:10:00+05:00",
"value": 7.45,
"sensorId": "cb018a8a-cb03-4dbd-2b3c-08dcf466fe52"
}
}
```

![Result of running create measurements](docs/create_measurement_v1_example.png)

2. Update measurements: one or any number of weather parameters could be changed using
`PUT http://localhost:8058/api/measurements/af27b058-4f6b-46f3-ff6b-08dcf4c8e236` with same body and result as at create measurements operation.

![Result of running update measurements](docs/update_measurement_v1_example.png)

3. There are two get operations:

* 3.1 to get one by id `GET http://localhost:8058/api/measurements/af27b058-4f6b-46f3-ff6b-08dcf4c8e236`
* 3.2 to get collection with paging `GET http://localhost:8058/api/measurements/?page=1&size=10`

4. To delete measurements with id 1 use endpoint `DELETE http://localhost:8058/api/measurements/af27b058-4f6b-46f3-ff6b-08dcf4c8e236`

### 4. REST API With EdgeDB

Here we've got a `net6.0` `REST` Service that have the same model as previous service but persistent storage is EdgeDB not an SQL Server.

* `MeasureUnit`
* `Measurement`
* `Sensor`
* `Station`

Model schema is here:
![Relation between objects in SQL DB](docs/edge_db_model.png)

Data project is `Wissance.WeatherControl.GraphData`

![Relation between Models]()

#### 4.1 Configure Edge DB (Prerequisites)

1. Start `Edgedb` instance from `Wissance.WeatherControl.GraphData` directory

```ps1
edgedb instance start -I Wissance_WeatherControl --foreground
```

apply migration via

```ps1
edgedb -I Wissance_WeatherControl migrate
```

2. Configure Edgedb to allow pass own identifiers (necessary for object return after create)

```ps1
edgedb -I Wissance_WeatherControl configure set allow_user_specified_id true
```

2. Start edgedb ui:

```ps1
edgedb ui
```

Once you loaded project you could use it in current application:

1. Add proper Project Name in `appsettings.Development.json`config file:
```json
"Application": {
"Database": {
"ProjectName": "Wissance_WeatherControl"
}
}
```

See how configuration works via project Name [here](https://github.com/Wissance/EdgeDb.Net.Configurator)

This package build connnection string using following scheme: `edgedb://user:password@host:port/database`
you could see your project credential on:
* `Windows` machine in a directory: `%USER_PROFILE%\AppData\Local\EdgeDB\config\credentials`
* `Linux` machine in a directory `$HOME/.config/edgedb/credential`

#### 4.2 REST API With Edge DB

We are having following Key Items:

1. `Controllers` - we are using base classes from a `Wissance.WebApiToollit`, in this lib we have
either controllers for read-only and for full `CRUD` resources.
2. `Managers` - classes that are responsible for manage all business logic, in this project we have
only one manager class - `EdgeDbManager` that is common for `CRUD` operation over all resources
3. `EqlResolver` - class that is responsible for association `model` (`resource`) with operation
(`read` , `create`, `update` or `delete`)
4. `Factories` - static classes that constructs `DTO` from `Models` and params (dictionary for
`create` and `update` perform) from `DTO`.


##### 4.2.1 REST API Controllers

All controllers are located in a folder `Controllers`, just look how simply look full `CRUD` Controller:

```csharp
namespace Wissance.WeatherControl.WebApi.V2.Controllers
{
public class MeasurementController : BasicCrudController
{
public MeasurementController(EdgeDBClient edgeDbClient)
{
Manager = new EdgeDbManager(ModelType.Measurement, edgeDbClient,
MeasurementFactory.Create, MeasurementFactory.Create);
}
}
}
```

###### 4.2.2 Manager

We have only one manager for all controllers due to the power of C# generics we just have to pass
to `EdgeDbManager`:
* `modelType` that is using to find appropriate eql statements from `EqlResolver`
* `EdgeDbClient` client to `edgedb` database
* and 2 delegates that describes how to create representation (`DTO`) from model and how to convert
`DTO` to parameters list for `insert` and `update` operations

##### 4.2.3 EqlResolver

Just a set of dictionaries every dictionary for one operation:
* get collection
* get one
* create
* update
* delete

##### 4.2.4 Factories for objects transformation

They are static classes in a `Factories` directory, the looking quite simple:

```csharp
namespace Wissance.WeatherControl.WebApi.V2.Factories
{
public static class SensorFactory
{
public static SensorDto Create(SensorEntity entity)
{
SensorDto dto = new SensorDto()
{
Id = entity.Id,
Name = entity.Name,
Latitude = entity.Latitude,
Longitude = entity.Longitude
};

if (entity.Measurements.Any())
{
dto.Measurements = entity.Measurements.Select(m => MeasurementFactory.Create((m))).ToList();
}

return dto;
}

public static IDictionary Create(SensorDto dto, bool generateId)
{
IDictionary dict = new Dictionary()
{
{"Name", dto.Name},
{"Latitude", dto.Latitude},
{"Longitude", dto.Longitude},
{"Measurements", dto.Measurements.Where(m => m.Id.HasValue)
.Select(m => m.Id.Value).ToArray()}
};

// TODO(this if for further getting created object)
dict["id"] = generateId ? Guid.NewGuid() : dto.Id;

return dict;
}
}
}
```

### 5. Contributors