Is there a data annotation for unique constraint in EF Core (code first)?

I've written an Attribute class that can allow you to decorate your EF Core Entity class properties to cause a Unique Key to be generated (without the Fluent API).

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

/// <summary>
/// Used on an EntityFramework Entity class to mark a property to be used as a Unique Key
/// </summary>
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public class UniqueKeyAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Marker attribute for unique key
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="groupId">Optional, used to group multiple entity properties together into a combined Unique Key</param>
    /// <param name="order">Optional, used to order the entity properties that are part of a combined Unique Key</param>
    public UniqueKeyAttribute(string groupId = null, int order = 0)
    {
        GroupId = groupId;
        Order = order;
    }

    public string GroupId { get; set; }
    public int Order { get; set; }
}

In your DbContext.cs file, inside OnModelCreating(modelBuilder) method, add this:

// Iterate through all EF Entity types
foreach (var entityType in modelBuilder.Model.GetEntityTypes())
{
    #region Convert UniqueKeyAttribute on Entities to UniqueKey in DB
    var properties = entityType.GetProperties();
    if ((properties != null) && (properties.Any()))
    {
        foreach (var property in properties)
        {
            var uniqueKeys = GetUniqueKeyAttributes(entityType, property);
            if (uniqueKeys != null)
            {
                foreach (var uniqueKey in uniqueKeys.Where(x => x.Order == 0))
                {
                    // Single column Unique Key
                    if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(uniqueKey.GroupId))
                    {
                        entityType.AddIndex(property).IsUnique = true;
                    }
                    // Multiple column Unique Key
                    else
                    {
                        var mutableProperties = new List<IMutableProperty>();
                        properties.ToList().ForEach(x =>
                        {
                            var uks = GetUniqueKeyAttributes(entityType, x);
                            if (uks != null)
                            {
                                foreach (var uk in uks)
                                {
                                    if ((uk != null) && (uk.GroupId == uniqueKey.GroupId))
                                    {
                                        mutableProperties.Add(x);
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        });
                        entityType.AddIndex(mutableProperties).IsUnique = true;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    #endregion Convert UniqueKeyAttribute on Entities to UniqueKey in DB
}

Also in your DbContext.cs class, add this private method:

private static IEnumerable<UniqueKeyAttribute> GetUniqueKeyAttributes(IMutableEntityType entityType, IMutableProperty property)
{
    if (entityType == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(entityType));
    }
    else if (entityType.ClrType == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(entityType.ClrType));
    }
    else if (property == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(property));
    }
    else if (property.Name == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(property.Name));
    }
    var propInfo = entityType.ClrType.GetProperty(
        property.Name,
        BindingFlags.NonPublic |
        BindingFlags.Public |
        BindingFlags.Static |
        BindingFlags.Instance |
        BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);
    if (propInfo == null)
    {
        return null;
    }
    return propInfo.GetCustomAttributes<UniqueKeyAttribute>();
}

Usage in your Entity.cs class:

public class Company
{
    [Required]
    [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
    public Guid CompanyId { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [UniqueKey(groupId: "1", order: 0)]
    [StringLength(100, MinimumLength = 1)]
    public string CompanyName { get; set; }
}

You can even use this across multiple properties to form a Unique Key across multiple columns in your table. (Note the use of "groupId" and then the "order")

public class Company
{
    [Required]
    [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
    public Guid CompanyId { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [UniqueKey(groupId: "1", order: 0)]
    [StringLength(100, MinimumLength = 1)]
    public string CompanyName { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [UniqueKey(groupId: "1", order: 1)]
    [StringLength(100, MinimumLength = 1)]
    public string CompanyLocation { get; set; }
}