Launch ASP.NET Core Web-API programmatically

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How do I launch an ASP.NET Core Web-API programmatically from C#? The API should launch after I click on a button in a form.

I already added my API to my solution via Add -> Existing Project... but I don't know how to launch it from a different Project.

The Web-API is running on .NET Core 2.0 and I want to launch it from a project using .NET Framework 4

WebApi does not use documentation, so you can not add some reference as you can do with WCF or Webservices. So you need to write your own client ... google.be/search?q=generic+client+for+webapi — Laurent Lequenne
– Laurent Lequenne, Commented Jun 11, 2018 at 11:56

Alexander Demianenko · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-11 11:52:46Z

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Probably you are looking for something like this(link)

dotnet run [-c|--configuration] [-f|--framework] [--force] [--launch-profile] [--no-build] [--no-dependencies]
[--no-launch-profile] [--no-restore] [-p|--project] [--runtime] [[--] [application arguments]]

dotnet run [-h|--help]

answered Jun 11, 2018 at 11:52

Alexander Demianenko

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Felix Over a year ago

I thought there might be a more elegant way than running a cmd command. Especially when the API should also be shut down programmatically.

Alexander Demianenko Over a year ago

@Felix if you are using windows you can add this Web API to your IIS and start/stop it there. if not, I think there some similar way to do that with UNIX/Linux

Chris Pratt Over a year ago

All ASP.NET Core apps are essentially just console apps. Which means they're separate processes. You start the process just like you'd start any process, i.e. run it from the shell.

Artak · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-12 20:23:51Z

Here is a sample project showcasing hosting of ASP.NET Core app in WPF: https://github.com/mkArtakMSFT/Samples/tree/master/WpfAspNetCore

Couple of things to pay attention to:

The .NET Framework 4.6.1 is the minimum version which can host ASP.NET Core apps
This sample is dummy and doesn't have much configuration (based off of empty ASP.NET Core Web app template content). You can, however, add reference to the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc package to add support for MVC.

koelkastfilosoof · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-11 12:55:40Z

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You can also try to run the application as a Windows Service, and start the service on click.

answered Jun 11, 2018 at 12:55

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