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Removing Unnecessary Request Fields from Posting an Answer

Explore how to refine REST API endpoints by removing unnecessary fields from request models when posting answers. Understand how to create tailored data models, adjust repository methods, and manually map request data to repository models to ensure cleaner and more efficient API interactions.

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Steps to remove unnecessary request fields

Let’s tighten up posting an answer:

  1. In the models folder, create a new model called AnswerPostFullRequest as follows:

C#
public class AnswerPostFullRequest
{
    public int QuestionId { get; set; }
    public string Content { get; set; }
    public string UserId { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public DateTime Created { get; set; }
}

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