Programmatically start a .NET Core web app for Selenium testing

Question

I am currently trying to setup some UI tests on a Core web app, however I am not able to get the web app started. Using the command line directly with "dotnet run" from the web app directory works. The problem comes when I try to use Process to run it before executing my tests nothing happens.

    var process = new Process
    {
        StartInfo =
        {
            FileName = "dotnet",
            Arguments = "run",
            WorkingDirectory = applicationPath
        }
    };
    process.Start();

Has anyone been confronted to a similar issue before and/or managed to solve it? I may be misusing Process.

CodingNagger · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-25 10:51:00Z

8

Turns that adding UseShellExecute to my StartInfo and setting it to false made it work:

var process = new Process
{
    StartInfo =
    {
        FileName = "dotnet",
        Arguments = "run",
        UseShellExecute = false,
        WorkingDirectory = applicationPath
    }
};
process.Start();

The default for UseShellExecute is true but it would be similar to running cmd dotnet run instead of dotnet run which is what I needed.

edited May 25, 2017 at 10:51

answered May 23, 2017 at 13:42

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Zack Over a year ago

after you started it, were you able to stop it?

Zack Over a year ago

nm. I got it to close using the following if (_webprocess != null && _webprocess.HasExited == false) { _webprocess.CloseMainWindow(); _webprocess.Close(); } calling Kill() wasn't working.

CodingNagger Over a year ago

In my case it stops when the program ends

baruchiro Over a year ago

What if dotnet installed but not in PATH?

CodingNagger Over a year ago

Upon installation, it should be in PATH. If you are working within a terminal or application that should use it you need to restart it so that it has the right PATH value. Then it should work. However, if it is not in PATH then you may either re-install or manually add it.

marc_s · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-06 19:36:40Z

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Try this

ProcessStartInfo Startinfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
Startinfo.FileName = "D:\\TFS\\QA\\SH_LoadTest\\SH_LoadTest\\bin\\Debug\\SH_LoadTest.exe";
StartInfo.Arguments = "Your Arguments";

Process pro = Process.Start(Startinfo);

edited Aug 6, 2022 at 19:36

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answered May 23, 2017 at 12:13

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2 Comments

Neha Over a year ago

You can actually use Autoit to start .net core application

CodingNagger Over a year ago

It gives me the same result as before :/

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