Improve error handling and logging for mail and OTP endpoints

Updated AuthController and CvController to return exception messages in 500 responses and enhanced logging. MailService now throws descriptive exceptions on email send failures, allowing upstream error reporting and preserving failed messages.

PortBlog.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace PortBlog.API.Controllers
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 logger.LogCritical(ex, "Exception while sending OTP for {ToEmail}.", messageSendDto.ToEmail);
-                return StatusCode(500, "A problem happened while handling your request.");
+                return StatusCode(500, ex.Message);
             }
         }
 

PortBlog.API/Controllers/CvController.cs

@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ namespace PortBlog.API.Controllers
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.LogCritical($"Exception while sending message from {message.Name}.", ex);
-                return StatusCode(500, "A problem happened while handling your request.");
+                _logger.LogCritical(ex, "Exception while sending message from {Name}.", message.Name);
+                return StatusCode(500, ex.Message);
             }
         }
     }

PortBlog.API/PortBlog.API.csproj

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Asp.Versioning.Mvc" Version="8.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Asp.Versioning.Mvc.ApiExplorer" Version="8.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper" Version="15.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Asp.Versioning.Mvc.ApiExplorer" Version="8.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper" Version="16.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="10.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="9.0.9" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.9" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="9.0.9">

PortBlog.API/Program.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ using PortBlog.API.Middleware;
 using Serilog;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
-
+using KBR.Shared.Extensions;
 
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
@@ -33,13 +33,25 @@ Log.Logger = loggerConfiguration
     .WriteTo.File("logs/portblog.txt", rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
     .CreateLogger();
 
-var urls = builder.Configuration.GetSection("Urls");
+var urlsSection = builder.Configuration.GetSection("Urls");
+var urlsValue = urlsSection.Value;
 
-if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(urls.Value))
+if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(urlsValue))
 {
-    var allowedUrlsToUse = urls.Value.Split(',');
+    var allowedUrlsToUse = urlsValue
+        .Split(',', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries)
+        .Where(u => Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(u, UriKind.Absolute))
+        .ToArray();
 
-    builder.WebHost.UseUrls(allowedUrlsToUse);
+    if (allowedUrlsToUse.Length > 0)
+    {
+        builder.WebHost.UseUrls(allowedUrlsToUse);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // optionally log or throw depending on desired behavior
+        Log.Warning("Configured 'Urls' section was present but no valid URLs were found.");
+    }
 }
 
 var allowedCorsOrigins = builder.Configuration.GetSection("AllowedCorsOrigins");
@@ -131,14 +143,13 @@ builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
         Scheme = "ApiKeyScheme"
     });
 
-    var key = new OpenApiSecurityScheme()
+    var key = new OpenApiSecurityScheme
     {
         Reference = new OpenApiReference
         {
             Type = ReferenceType.SecurityScheme,
             Id = "ApiKey"
-        },
-        In = ParameterLocation.Header
+        }
     };
 
     // JWT Bearer Security Definition

PortBlog.API/Services/MailService.cs

@@ -67,16 +67,14 @@ namespace PortBlog.API.Services
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                logger.LogCritical(
-                    "Exception while sending mail from {FromEmail} ({Name}): {Exception}",
-                    messageSendDto.FromEmail,
-                    messageSendDto.Name,
-                    ex.Message
-                );
+                // Log full exception and persist failed message.
+                logger.LogCritical(ex, "Exception while sending mail from {FromEmail} ({Name}).", messageSendDto.FromEmail, messageSendDto.Name);
                 messageSendDto.SentStatus = (int)MailConstants.MailStatus.Failed;
                 mailRepository.AddMessage(messageEntity);
                 await mailRepository.SaveChangesAsync();
-                throw new Exception();
+
+                // Throw a descriptive exception so callers can return an error message to the client.
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to send email to '{messageSendDto.ToEmail}'. See inner exception for details.", ex);
             }
         }
     }

PortBlog.API/appsettings.Development.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   },
   "Cache": {
     "ConnectionString": "SERVER=192.168.0.197; DATABASE=cv_blog; UID=PortBlogDevUser; PWD=p@$$w0rd1234;Allow User Variables=true;",
+    "Encryption": "false",
     "Provider": "SqlServer"
   },
   "Jwt": {

PortBlog.Tests/PortBlog.Tests.csproj

@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="8.0.0">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.5">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

Shared/KBR.Cache/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using KBR.Cache.Constants;
 using KBR.Cache.Options;
+using KBR.Shared.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
@@ -20,9 +21,14 @@ namespace KBR.Cache.Extensions
             }
             else if (cacheOptions.Provider == CacheProviders.SqlServer)
             {
+                var connectionString = cacheOptions.ConnectionString;
+                if ((bool)cacheOptions.Encryption)
+                {
+                    connectionString = configuration.DecryptConnectionString(connectionString);
+                }
                 services.AddDistributedMySqlCache(options =>
                 {
-                    options.ConnectionString = cacheOptions.ConnectionString;
+                    options.ConnectionString = connectionString;
                     options.TableName = "Cache";
                 });
             }

Shared/KBR.Cache/KBR.Cache.csproj

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="9.0.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer" Version="9.0.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" Version="9.0.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="9.0.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="9.0.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="9.0.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="9.0.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="9.0.9" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="10.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.Extensions.Caching.MySql" Version="2.2.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 

Shared/KBR.Cache/Options/CacheOptions.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     {
         public string Provider { get; set; } = null!;
 
+        public bool? Encryption { get; set; } = false;
+
         public string? ConnectionString { get; set; }
     }
 }

Shared/KBR.Shared/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
 
-namespace PortBlog.API.Extensions
+namespace KBR.Shared.Extensions
 {
     public static class ConfigurationExtensions
     {
         public static string DecryptConnectionString(this IConfiguration configuration, string encryptedConnectionString)
         {
-            string keyBase64 = configuration.GetValue<string>("ConnectionStrings:Key").ToString();
+            // Fix: Use GetSection and Value instead of GetValue (since GetValue is not available on IConfiguration)
+            string keyBase64 = configuration.GetSection("ConnectionStrings:Key").Value;
 
             string vectorBase64 = encryptedConnectionString.Split(":")[1];
             string cipherText = encryptedConnectionString.Split(":")[0];

Shared/KBR.Shared/KBR.Shared.csproj

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="9.0.9" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>