Sandbox JavaScript in C# Code and execute it

Question

Is it possible to sandbox a JavaScript function in C# code, execute it by passing in an argument such as an array, and return a result. No web browser involved here, this is not an Ajax or 'registerstartupscript' type of question.

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/172753/embedding-javascript-engine-into-net — 3Dave, Jun 03 '15 at 19:06

Matías Fidemraizer · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-03T19:14:00.710

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From my own experience, for simple things Jurassic works like a charm and it's a JavaScript that can be used to run-time compile JavaScript and call functions, variables or whatever.

For example, taken from their own doc pages:

var engine = new Jurassic.ScriptEngine();
Console.WriteLine(engine.Evaluate("5 * 10 + 2"));

There're other options which involves embedding a full JavaScript engine, but AFAIK and reading your question's requirement, it seems like Jurassic should work in your scenario and you get the advantage of using a managed JavaScript compiler written in C# so there's no other dependency than the BCL from .NET and Jurassic itself.

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answered Jun 03 '15 at 19:08

Matías Fidemraizer

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Thanks, looks like this is what I'm looking for! – MarzSocks Jun 03 '15 at 19:12
@MarzSocks Yeah, you're welcome :) – Matías Fidemraizer Jun 03 '15 at 19:14
@MatíasFidemraizer, do you know if nodeService in dotnetcore can also run code in a sandbox? – JavaadPatel Oct 25 '19 at 11:10
@JavaadPatel I don't know that, sorry :( – Matías Fidemraizer Oct 28 '19 at 08:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 17 '18 at 04:35

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Yes, you can!

JavaScript.NET is a .NET port of Google's V8 engine.

https://github.com/JavascriptNet/Javascript.Net

Another one I quite like is called Jurassic and it's available on nuget.

https://jurassic.codeplex.com/

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Oliver Bock

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answered Jun 03 '15 at 19:09

Matthew Layton

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Sandbox JavaScript in C# Code and execute it

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