We’ll examine the new features in minimal API in the sections that follow. Use model binding in minimal APIs Support for FromForm binding was added to minimal APIs with ASP.NET Core 8.

Take advantage of API key authentication to control the access of applications and services to your Web APIs in ASP.NET Core.

The traditional approaches to web application security, which focus on preventing access by bots, don’t apply to API security since, by definition, all API requests are machine-to-machine.