How to represent create new employee record by web API ?

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How to represent create new employee record by web API ?
i work on project asp.net core 2.1

i create mvc controller employee controller and inside it i make create action result for create new employee view with

get type and show last record exist on database plus one as below :

 

public IActionResult Create()
{
var model = new Employee();
if (id == null)
{

model.EmployeeId = _repository.GetAll().Max(Employee => Employee.EmployeeId) + 1;

}
return View(model);
}

 

I need to convert action result create to web API to connect to angular
so that
How to convert function action result create to web API ?

so that i create new web API controller :

[Produces("application/json")]
[Route("api/Employee")]
public class EmployeeController : Controller
{
//how to write code for create by using web api
}

 

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