How to set start page in dotnet core web api?

Question

I try to build a web application with dotnet core web api,but i do not know how to set index.html as start page which can be done with dotnet framework web api easily. And i tri

Answer 1

You can set any file in any folder under the wwwroot as defaut file by using options.DefaultFileNames.Add in startup.cs .

For example to use myfile.html in wwwroot/folder1/folder2/ myfile.html, you will add this in Startup.cs

options.DefaultFileNames.Clear();
options.DefaultFileNames.Add("folder1/folder2/ myfile.html");
app.UseDefaultFiles(options);
app.UseStaticFiles();

But some time it may not work. For example I created project File menu > New > Project , then selected .NET Core > ASP.NET Core Web Application and selected Web Api as project template. F5 always open page api/values, even though I added index.html in wwwroot folder and added following in startup.cs

DefaultFilesOptions options = new DefaultFilesOptions();
                options.DefaultFileNames.Clear();
                options.DefaultFileNames.Add("mypage.html");
                app.UseDefaultFiles(options);
               app.UseStaticFiles();

Then I opened project properties page and deleted the value in Debug/Launch browser box (which was set to api/values) Now setting of startup page is working and mypage.html is startup page. Note that this page should be in wwwroot folder as you have opted to use static files.