ASP.NET Core - Generic web API controller with generic repository pattern (created on, modified on, soft delete) ... view demo https://github.com/matjazmav/generic-api

ApiController.cs

[Authorize]
[Route("api/[controller]")]
public abstract class ApiController<T> : Controller where T : class, IEntity
{
    private IApplicationRepository<T> _repository;

    public ApiController(IApplicationRepository<T> repository)
    {
        _repository = repository;
    }

    [HttpGet]
    [ValidateModel]
    public IActionResult Query()
    {
        return Ok(_repository.Get());
    }

    [HttpGet("{id}")]
    [ValidateModel]
    public IActionResult Find(Guid id)
    {
        var record = _repository.Get(id);
        if (record == null)
            return NotFound();

        return Ok(record);
    }

    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateModel]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Create([FromBody] T record)
    {
        _repository.Create(record);
        if (await _repository.SaveAsync() == 0)
            return BadRequest();

        return CreatedAtAction("Find", new { id = record.Id }, record);
    }

    [HttpPut("{id}")]
    [ValidateModel]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Update(Guid id, [FromBody] T record)
    {
        if (id != record.Id)
            return BadRequest();

        _repository.Update(record);
        if (await _repository.SaveAsync() == 0)
            return BadRequest();

        return Ok(record);
    }

    [HttpDelete("{id}")]
    [ValidateModel]
    public async Task<IActionResult> Delete(Guid id)
    {
        _repository.Delete(id);
        if (await _repository.SaveAsync() == 0)
            return BadRequest();

        return NoContent();
    }
}

ApplicationRepository.cs

public class ApplicationRepository<T> : IApplicationRepository<T> where T : class, IEntity
{
    private DbContext _context;

    public ApplicationRepository(ApplicationDbContext context)
    {
        _context = context;
    }

    public IQueryable<T> Get()
    {
        return _context.Set<T>().Where(e => !e.IsDeleted);
    }

    public T Get(Guid id)
    {
        return Get().SingleOrDefault(e => e.Id == id);
    }

    public void Create(T record)
    {
        record.CreatedOn = DateTime.Now;
        record.ModifiedOn = record.CreatedOn;
        _context.Add(record);
    }

    public void Update(T record)
    {
        record.ModifiedOn = DateTime.Now;
        _context.Set<T>().Attach(record);
        _context.Entry(record).State = EntityState.Modified;
    }

    public void Delete(Guid id)
    {
        var record = Get(id);

        if (record != null) {
            record.ModifiedOn = DateTime.Now;
            record.IsDeleted = true;
        }
    }

    public int Save()
    {
        return _context.SaveChanges();
    }

    public Task<int> SaveAsync()
    {
        return _context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    #region Dispose
    public void Dispose()
    {
        Dispose(true);
        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
    }

    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
    {
        if(disposing)
        {
            if(_context != null)
            {
                _context.Dispose();
                _context = null;
            }
        }
    }
   #endregion
}

IApplicationRepository.cs

public interface IApplicationRepository<T> : IDisposable
{
    IQueryable<T> Get();

    T Get(Guid id);

    void Create(T record);

    void Update(T record);

    void Delete(Guid id);

    int Save();

    Task<int> SaveAsync();
}

Wow guys :) didn't noticed that this gist is so "popular". I really must provide full code example and maybe a blog post.

Here I made a repository with working demo of the generic REST API. https://github.com/matjazmav/generic-api