Dapper + MVC Create Controller

MVC controllers are responsible for responding to requests made against your website. Each browser request is mapped to a particular controller.

For example, you entered the following URL into the address bar of your browser.

http://localhost/Author/Index/

In this case, a controller named AuthorController is invoked. The AuthorController is responsible for generating the response to the browser request.

• The controller decides which model will be selected, and then it takes the data from the model and passes the same to the respective view after that view is rendered.
• Actually, controllers are controlling the overall flow of the application taking the input and rendering the proper output.

To create a controller, right-click the Controllers folder in Solution Explorer, and select Add > Controller...

It will open the Add Scaffold dialog box.

Select MVC controller with read/write actions, and then click Add button.

Enter AuthorController (not AuthorsController) as a Controller name and click Add button. The scaffolder creates an AuthorController.cs file.

In the AuthorController.cs file, you will see the following code.

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace MvcWithDapper.Controllers
{
    public class AuthorController : Controller
    {
        // GET: AuthorController
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        // GET: AuthorController/Details/5
        public ActionResult Details(int id)
        {
            return View();
        }

        // GET: AuthorController/Create
        public ActionResult Create()
        {
            return View();
        }

        // POST: AuthorController/Create
        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public ActionResult Create(IFormCollection collection)
        {
            try
            {
                return RedirectToAction(nameof(Index));
            }
            catch
            {
                return View();
            }
        }

        // GET: AuthorController/Edit/5
        public ActionResult Edit(int id)
        {
            return View();
        }

        // POST: AuthorController/Edit/5
        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public ActionResult Edit(int id, IFormCollection collection)
        {
            try
            {
                return RedirectToAction(nameof(Index));
            }
            catch
            {
                return View();
            }
        }

        // GET: AuthorController/Delete/5
        public ActionResult Delete(int id)
        {
            return View();
        }

        // POST: AuthorController/Delete/5
        [HttpPost]
        [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
        public ActionResult Delete(int id, IFormCollection collection)
        {
            try
            {
                return RedirectToAction(nameof(Index));
            }
            catch
            {
                return View();
            }
        }
    }
}