ASPNet Core in Desktop Apps

[TonyValenti]

I have a desktop app that needs its own internal HTTPServer.
Do I need to create a whole new project that references a Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web project or are there nuget packages I can reference to bring in all the AspNetCore stuff?

I seems like all/most of the ASPNet Core packages have not been updated in years.

[gfoidl]

See Use ASP.NET Core APIs in a class library.

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a desktop app that needs its own internal HTTPServer.

Out of interest, can you tell why you need this approach?

[TonyValenti]

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.
In our app, we spin up a micro HTTP server that is used to handle OAUTH authentication requests for our desktop application.

[TonyValenti]

@gfoidl - Do you happen to know how to get an IWebHost out of an IHost?

I have the following code I am trying to convert from IWebHostBuilder to IHostBuilder.

var MyHost = Builder()
                .ConfigureWebHost(x => {
                    x.UseKestrel(o => {
                        o.Listen(System.Net.IPAddress.Loopback, 0);
                    });
                })
                .Build()
                ;

            var MyHostTask = MyHost.RunAsync(TokenSource.Token);

            //_________This doesnt work.  What should I do?
            var WebHost = MyHost.Services.GetRequiredService<IWebHost>();

            var Urls = (
                from x in (WebHost.ServerFeatures.Get<IServerAddressesFeature>()?.Addresses).EmptyIfNull()
                select x
                ).ToLinkedList();

[gfoidl]

Grab the IServer and take the features from this one.

With IHostBuilder / IHost:

IHostBuilder hostBuilder = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args);
IHost host = hostBuilder.Build();

IServer server = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IServer>();
IServerAddressesFeature? urls = server.Features.Get<IServerAddressesFeature>();
// ...
host.Run();

Or with WebApplicationBuilder / WebApplication:

WebApplicationBuilder builder = WebApplication.CreateSlimBuilder(args);
WebApplication app = builder.Build();

IServer server = app.Services.GetRequiredService<IServer>();
IServerAddressesFeature? urls = server.Features.Get<IServerAddressesFeature>();
// ...
app.Run();

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.ToLinkedList();

Why use a linked list here, and not a simple List<T>? Would be cheaper, as the contents of the list are populated here.

[TonyValenti]

Thanks so much!

Good catch on the ToLinkedList! Totally not needed.