How can i debug API project created using C#

Question

I want to debug my C# API project, which is currently in my local.

The reason for debugging is that the function below in that API project returns null for a particular JSON.

[Route("api/NMRController/Disposition")]
[HttpPost]
public NMR_Object Disposition(NMR nmr)
{
    try
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"nmr: {JsonConvert.SerializeObject(nmr)}");
        string CorrectiveAction = nmr.CorrectiveAction;
        string DispositionResult = nmr.DispositionResult;
        string DispositionComment = nmr.DispositionComment;
        string NoteForGroup = nmr.NoteForGroup;
        string SerialNo = nmr.SerialNo;

        MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection conn;
        conn = new MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection();
        conn.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr_nmr"].ConnectionString;

        MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand myCommand = conn.CreateCommand();
        myCommand.Connection = conn;
        if (conn.State.ToString() != "Open")
        {
            conn.Open();
        }

        myCommand.CommandText = "UPDATE NMR_SerialNo SET CorrectiveAction = @CorrectiveAction, DispositionResult = @DispositionResult, DispositionComment = @DispositionComment, NoteForGroup = @NoteForGroup WHERE SerialNo = @SerialNo";
        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@CorrectiveAction", CorrectiveAction);
        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DispositionResult", DispositionResult);
        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DispositionComment", DispositionComment);
        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NoteForGroup", NoteForGroup);
        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@SerialNo", SerialNo);
        myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
        conn.Close();

        // write insert query

        var RM = new NMR_Object();
        RM.data = "";
        RM.success = true;
        // RM = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dt));
        
        return RM;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        var RME = new NMR_Object();
        RME.success = false;
        RME.message = "NMR POST: " + ex.Message;
    }
    return null;
}

Here is the JSON that I have passed during the post call:

{
  "CorrectiveAction": "testing",
  "DispositionResult": "testing",
  "DispositionComment": "testing",
  "NoteForGroup": "testing",
  "SerialNo": "MYSQL"
}

Answer 1

On Visual Studio for Mac, open your Project.

On the upper left hand side you can choose whether you want to use http or https, then you need to choose debug, and the browser with which you wish to debug.

Then click run

After your project successfully builds and is up and running, you can place breakpoints in visual studio by clicking on the line name next to the line of code you want to test.

Visual studio will break when the breakpoint is entered and you can watch your variables