🎬 Movie Rental API

A simple and modular .NET 8 Web API for managing movie rentals, returns, availability checks, and rental history.
The project uses EF Core, PostgreSQL, and Docker for easy development & deployment.

📌 API Endpoints

Rental Operations

Method Endpoint Description

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POST /v1/api/rentals/checkout Rent a movie POST /v1/api/rentals/return Return rented movies

Movie Operations

Method Endpoint Description

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GET /v1/api/movies/available View available movies

Customer Operations

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Method Endpoint Description

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GET /v1/api/customers/rental-history View customer rental history

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🏗️ Entity Framework Commands

Create Migration

dotnet ef migrations add model_property_changes --context AppDbContext --project src/Core --startup-project src/Api --output-dir Infrastructure/Migrations

Apply Migration

dotnet ef database update --context AppDbContext --project src/Core --startup-project src/Api

🗄️ Seed SQL for Movies Table

INSERT INTO public."Movies"(
    "Id", "Title", "Genre", "ReleaseYear", "Stock", "RentalType", 
    "DeletedAt", "DeletedBy", "IsDeleted", "UpdateInfo_UpdatedAt", "UpdateInfo_UpdatedBy", "CreationInfo_CreatedBy")
VALUES
    (1, 'The Shawshank Redemption', 'Drama', 1994, 12, 0, NULL, NULL, FALSE, '2025-11-01 10:00:00', 1, 1),
    (2, 'The Godfather', 'Crime', 1972, 22, 1, NULL, NULL, FALSE, '2025-11-02 11:15:00', 1, 1),
    (3, 'The Dark Knight', 'Action', 2008, 12, 2, NULL, NULL, FALSE, '2025-11-03 12:30:00', 1, 1),
    (4, 'Pulp Fiction', 'Crime', 1994, 54, 0, NULL, NULL, FALSE, '2025-11-04 13:45:00', 1, 1),
    (5, 'Inception', 'Sci-Fi', 2010, 12, 1, NULL, NULL, FALSE, '2025-11-05 15:00:00', 1, 1);

🐳 Docker Build & Run

Build Docker Image

docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64 -t rental-api:1.0 .

Run Using Docker Compose

docker-compose up -d --build

View Logs

docker-compose logs -f

📂 Project Structure

src/
 ├── Api/                  # Presentation layer (controllers, endpoints)
 ├── Core/                 # Domain + EF Core entities + DbContext
 ├── Infrastructure/       # Migrations, persistence implementation
 └── Dockerfile            # API container definition
docker-compose.yml         # Full stack with PostgreSQL
README.md

✔️ Features

• Movie rental & return workflow\
• Rental history tracking\
• Soft-delete support\
• Clean architecture\
• Dockerized deployment\
• PostgreSQL database