Automatically modify Startup.cs and appsettings.json files when Nuget package is installed

Question

Hello!

I am going to create a Nuget package to use within our organization's ASP.NET applications. I need to find out whether it is possible to automatically add some lines of code into the Startup.cs file and a new section into the appsettings.json file once the package is installed.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Hi @Ihor Kuliiev ,

I am going to create a Nuget package to use within our organization's ASP.NET applications. I need to find out whether it is possible to automatically add some lines of code into the Startup.cs file and a new section into the appsettings.json file once the package is installed.

It is not possible. As we all known, a Nuget package contains compiled code (as DLLs) along with other content needed in the projects that consume these packages. Before the Nuget package publish to the nuget.org, it has been compiled. So, when installed them, it will not update the Startup.cs file and the Appsettings.json file.

And most importantly, this is not safe to automatically modify the configuration when installed the package.

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Dillion