Startup.cs

using AutoMapper;
using DatingAPI.Extensions;
using DatingAPI.Helpers;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace DatingAPI
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
        {
            Configuration = configuration;
        }

        private IConfiguration Configuration { get; }

        // This method gets called by the runtime.
        // Use this method to add services to the container.
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.ConfigureDatabaseConnection(Configuration);

            services.AddControllers().AddNewtonsoftJson(opt =>
            {
                opt.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;
            });

            services.ConfigureCors();

            services.ConfigureLoggerService();

            services.Configure<CloudinarySettings>(Configuration.GetSection("Cloudinary"));

            services.AddAutoMapper(typeof(Startup).Assembly);

            services.ConfigureAuthentication(Configuration);

            services.ConfigureRepositoryWrapper();
        }

        // This method gets called by the runtime.
        // Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
        {
            if (env.IsDevelopment())
                app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();

            app.ConfigureExceptionHandler();

            // app.UseHttpsRedirection();

            app.UseStaticFiles();

            app.UseRouting();

            app.UseCors("CorsPolicy");

            app.UseForwardedHeaders(new ForwardedHeadersOptions
            {
                ForwardedHeaders = ForwardedHeaders.XForwardedFor | ForwardedHeaders.XForwardedProto
            });

            app.UseAuthentication();

            app.UseAuthorization();

            app.UseEndpoints(endpoints => { endpoints.MapControllers(); });
        }
    }
}