do a operation automatically in ASP.net website C#

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I have a piece of code that I need to be run automatically in the background regardless of the page I am viewing. For example if I am in the homepage or about page of a website I want a piece of code to still run automatically. To be precise I want to send a email notification every 30 minutes from the email class that I have made. I am aware that similar thing can be done via windows service but I want the code to be in the website.

public class Email
{
    string emailFrom = "[email protected]";
    string password = "yourpassword";        
    string smtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com";
    int port = 587;

    public void sendEmail(string emailTo, string subject, string body)
    {
        MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
        msg.From = new MailAddress(emailFrom);
        msg.To.Add(emailTo);
        msg.Subject = subject;
        msg.Body = body;
        SmtpClient sc = new SmtpClient(smtpServer);
        sc.Port = port;
        sc.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(emailFrom, password);
        sc.EnableSsl = true;
        sc.Send(msg);
    }
}

You can use Hangfire for this job. Also read this great article from Scott Hanselman. — Paweł Hemperek
– Paweł Hemperek, Commented Oct 21, 2016 at 5:29
It can be only used with C# back-end. Read those links carefully and you will be good to go! — Paweł Hemperek
– Paweł Hemperek, Commented Oct 21, 2016 at 5:35

Deepak · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 05:56:51Z

In DOT.NET world Asynchronous invocations can be done in many ways like AJAX, AsyncHandlers etc.

Here you can use "BackgroundWorker".

void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Code that runs on application startup
    BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker();
    worker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(DoWork);
    worker.WorkerReportsProgress = false;
    worker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
    worker.RunWorkerCompleted +=
           new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(WorkerCompleted);

    //Add this BackgroundWorker object instance to the cache (custom cache implementation)
    //so it can be cleared when the Application_End event fires.
    CacheManager.Add("BackgroundWorker", worker);

    // Calling the DoWork Method Asynchronously
    worker.RunWorkerAsync(); //we can also pass parameters to the async method....

}

private static void DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{

    // You code to send mail..
}

private static void WorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
    if (worker != null)
    {
        // sleep for 30 minutes and again call DoWork to send mail.
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3600000);
        worker.RunWorkerAsync();
    }
}

void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //  Code that runs on application shutdown
    //If background worker process is running then clean up that object.
    if (CacheManager.IsExists("BackgroundWorker"))
    {
        BackgroundWorker worker = (BackgroundWorker)CacheManager.Get("BackgroundWorker");
        if (worker != null)
            worker.CancelAsync();
    }
}

Hope this helps you...

Is there a specific reason you would keep the background worker in CacheManager and not make it static instead?

Rajshee Turakhia · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21 06:37:19Z

1

In your case you can try following code using threding

var timer = new System.Threading.Timer((e) =>
{
    sendEmail(string emailTo, string subject, string body);   
}, null, 0, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5).TotalMilliseconds);

Hope this will help you.

answered Oct 21, 2016 at 6:37

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