Console Application to Web API

Question

How to call console application inWeb API?

Sachin Singh · Answer

If you want to start the console app from web api then follow @Pasang Tamang answer . If you have made some methods in your console app and want to resuse those methods inside your web api then cut the methods from console app's program class and paste them inside a class within a separate class library project so that you can call those methods from console app as well as web app or web api.

Sachin Singh · Answer

First let me know the purpose of it? Do you want to start any service thorough console app ? Basically for self hosted scenario we start web api from console app and not console app from web api. so first let us know the reason behind that so that we can assist better.

Pasang Tamang · Answer

Hi Btw is there any specific reason you want to execute console application from Web API? If it is related with some background processing then better you run it using windows task scheduler. You can read more about executing console app using windows task scheduler in this article https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/manas1/console-application-using-windows-scheduler/. Regards Pasang

SUJAY ANAND · Answer

I want to call the console application inside WebAPI

Vishal Yelve · Answer

Is your question right ? or Do you want to consuming web api in console app.? if you want to consume web api inside consile app please refer https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/creating-web-api-and-consuming-in-console-application-using-web-client-in-a-sync/

Pasang Tamang · Answer

Hi If you want to execute console app from your Web API then you can use System.Diagnostics.Process. Check below code. Make sure you have console app and Web API project hosted in same machine. string exeFilePath =  ; Process process = new Process(); process.StartInfo.FileName = exeFilePath; process.Start(); Regards Pasang