Communication between .netCore WebApi and Windows Service .net 2.0

Asked Jun 27 '17 at 07:54

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On one side i have a Asp.Net Core WebApi 1.1 project hosted on a web server providing REST endpoints. On the other side i have a Windows Service project using .net framework 2.0.
.net 2.0 is a requirement and i can't update to a later version.

What is the best way to communicate between these two?

I never used .net2.0 so I'm not quite sure what my options are. Communicating with REST endpoints on the WebApi would be preferred, but i can't find a good way to achieve this as libraries like WCF/Json/.. are not available on 2.0.

Edit: The client (Windows Service) should be able to register itself to the web service (PUT), get a status and download a file from it (GET).

edited Jun 27 '17 at 08:11

asked Jun 27 '17 at 07:54

Thomas Schneiter

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Did u try this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12942644/how-to-call-a-webapi-from-windows-service – Praveen Jun 27 '17 at 07:57
System.Net.Http.HttpClient is not available for .net framework 2.0 – Thomas Schneiter Jun 27 '17 at 08:03
What kind of communication you need? One way from service to web api (that is - just make web requests to the endpoint)? – Evk Jun 27 '17 at 08:03
I should be able to send requests (GET/POST/PUT) to the web api. One way from service to web api should be enough. – Thomas Schneiter Jun 27 '17 at 08:05
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Use a WebClient as shown here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17483182/calling-web-api-service-from-a-net-2-0-client – Praveen Jun 27 '17 at 08:09
I ended up using WebClient as @Praveen suggested. Thank you! – Thomas Schneiter Jun 28 '17 at 12:44

Communication between .netCore WebApi and Windows Service .net 2.0

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