videogameapi-readme.md

.NET Core VideoGame API Documentation

This example demonstrates the .NET Core Web API for managing video games.

🐳 Docker Commands for Running VideoGame API

This guide explains how to build and run the VideoGame Web API using Docker.

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🔨 Step 1: Build the Docker Image

docker build -t videogameapi-image .

📘 Explanation:

• docker build: Builds a Docker image from the Dockerfile in the current directory (.).
• -t videogameapi-image: Tags the image with the name videogameapi-image.

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🚀 Step 2: Run the Docker Container

docker run -it --rm -p 3000:8080 --name Videogame-cont videogameapi-image

📘 Explanation:

• docker run: Runs a container from the built image.
• -it: Enables interactive mode with a terminal.
• --rm: Automatically removes the container when it exits.
• -p 3000:8080: Maps port 8080 in the container to port 3000 on the host.
• --name Videogame-cont: Assigns the name Videogame-cont to the container.
• videogameapi-image: The image to run.

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✅ Result

After running these commands:

• The VideoGame Web API will be accessible at:
  http://localhost:3000

• Once the container stops, it will be automatically removed (due to --rm).

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