Adding base controller

MainProject/Controllers/BaseController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Net;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using BasicDotnetTemplate.MainProject.Models.Settings;
+
+[Controller]
+public abstract class BaseController : ControllerBase
+{
+    protected readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
+    protected readonly AppSettings _appSettings;
+
+    public BaseController(
+        IConfiguration configuration
+    )
+    {
+        _configuration = configuration;
+        _appSettings = new AppSettings();
+        _configuration.GetSection("AppSettings").Bind(_appSettings);
+    }
+
+
+
+
+}

MainProject/Controllers/VersionController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using BasicDotnetTemplate.MainProject.Models.Settings;
+
+namespace BasicDotnetTemplate.MainProject.Controllers
+{
+    public class VersionController : BaseController
+    {
+        public VersionController(
+            IConfiguration configuration
+        ) : base(configuration)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        [HttpGet]
+        [Route("version")]
+        public IActionResult GetVersion()
+        {
+            return Ok(new { version = _appSettings.Settings.Version });
+        }
+    }
+}

MainProject/Program.cs

@@ -89,18 +89,14 @@ internal static class Program
         var app = builder.Build();
 
         // REGISTER MIDDLEWARE HERE
+        app.UseRouting();
         app.UseAuthentication();
         app.UseAuthorization();
 
         app.UseHttpsRedirection();
         app.UseStaticFiles();
 
-        app.UseRouting();
-
-        app.MapControllerRoute(
-            name: "default",
-            pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}"
-        );
+        app.MapControllers(); // This maps all controllers
 
         if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
         {