I'm creating a WebApi in .net core 5, and I wanted it to call some CLI commands to create projects inside a solution that will be dynamically created. And if possible, I would like to receive the return of CLI commands within .net. Is it possible to do this?
I will have a javascript and HTML interface that will call this API (to create projects dynamically) and show the result of the creation (CLI return)
I think this example will be useful
[HttpGet("{name}")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Create(string name)
{
string outputText = string.Empty;
var standardError = string.Empty;
try
{
using (Process process = new Process())
{
process.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = "dotnet",
Arguments = @$"new sln -o {name}",
WorkingDirectory = @"C:\projects",//the file must exist
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
RedirectStandardError = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = false,
};
process.Start();
outputText = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
outputText = outputText.Replace(Environment.NewLine, string.Empty);
standardError = process.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
process.WaitForExit();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
return Ok(outputText + standardError);
}
