Start web api in Console Application?

Question

I want to build WebApplication in Console Application.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

Can I use WebApplication.CreateBuilder in it?

Answer 1

Hi @mc,

Can I use WebApplication.CreateBuilder in it?

You should use Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web instead of Microsoft.NET.Sdk, since the Microsoft.NET.Sdk doesn't contains the web related package.

More details, you could refer to this article.

If you want to run web application in console application, you should firstly modify the csproj as below to use Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

Then you could use WebApplication.

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
var app = builder.Build();
app.MapGet("/", () => "Hello World!");
app.Run();

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