Can I use async / await in an asp.net hosted RESTful API?

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Is it possible to have have asynchronous calls to a RESTful API hosted under asp.net?

I have a long running process. I want to trigger it to start via an http GET request and then check on its progress periodically. How do I do this using the new C#5 async / await syntax?

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How do I call an asynchronous process from an asp.net hosted module using C#5 async / await?

How do you intend to report progress from your API? Even if the call is asynchronous from the client you need to implement progress reporting at your API level. — Darin Dimitrov
– Darin Dimitrov, Commented Jun 15, 2012 at 8:35

Charlie · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-15 09:06:15Z

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I think you don't need to use await or async. Maybe you can start a new thread to run the long time task, and return a task id to the client immediately. And the client use this id to check the progress of the task.

answered Jun 15, 2012 at 9:06

Charlie

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