ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies.

Figure 1: Model validation in a minimal API in ASP.NET Core 6 using the FluentValidation library. You can also apply custom validators using the IValidatableObject interface.

Microsoft provides more minimal API information at these links: Tutorial: Create a minimal web API with ASP.NET Core Differences between minimal APIs and APIs with controllers Minimal APIs overview ...