Using .net core web app in another .net core web app

Question

I need to create a .net core web application (or some kind of .net core service) which do web scraping from various web sites, and writes result to database.

Then I need to create another .net core web app in which I will do some actions with data from the FIRST app. However I should be able to update database by starting FIRST application from SECOND app by clicking button.

What is the best way to do this? 1) I need to use .net core. 2) I need that it be two apps, because I should be able to use FIRST application somewhere else, for example in THIRD application. 3) Do I need to create some kind of .net core service. Or do separate apps, and then some how link them?

Answer 1

The questions is quite broad but goes my broad answer too ;-)

1. Write a .Net Core service that has two main methods: scrapData and getData, the the scrapData puts data into the Database after the scrapping takes place

2. Second app references and uses the service you created on step 1 and calls the getData method to obtain the scrapped data

Step 1 could also be a WebApi with a exposed method that you call from any other app when needed. This depends on your arquitecture limitations (but consier @ADyson comments regardin this option)

For more reference visit these sites

• https://stackify.com/creating-net-core-windows-services/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/tutorials/first-web-api