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How do I convert a Blazor Server-side project to a Blazor WebAssembly project?

Platform: Blazor| Category: General

Follow the below steps to convert an existing Blazor Server project into a Blazor WebAssembly project.

Prerequisites:

  • .NET Core 3.1/.NET 5.0
  • Visual Studio 2019

1. Open the existing Blazor Server app project file (.csproj) and add the Blazor WebAssembly SDK and package references.

[BlazorServerApp.csproj]

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.BlazorWebAssembly">
   . . .
   . . .

   <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="5.0.4" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer" Version="5.0.4" PrivateAssets="all" />
    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" Version="5.0.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

2. Delete the Startup.cs file configuration in the existing Blazor Server app and add the required WebAssembly configurations to the Program.cs file. Add the following code for WebAssembly configuration.

[Program.cs]

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace BlazorServerApp
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
            builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");

            builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });

            await builder.Build().RunAsync();
        }
    }
}

3. Now add the below namespace to your converting application in the _Import.razor file.

[_Import.razor]

@using System.Net.Http.Json
@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Http

4. Delete the _Host.cshtml, Error.cshtml, and Error.cshtm.cs files under the Pages folder and create an index.html file and add the below code snippet under wwwroot/index.html file.

[index.html]

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
    <title>{{Your_Application_Name}}</title>
    <base href="/" />
    <link href="css/bootstrap/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="css/site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="{{Your_Application_Name}}.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>

<body>
    <div id="app">Loading...</div>

    <div id="blazor-error-ui">
        An unhandled error has occurred.
        <a href="" class="reload">Reload</a>
        <a class="dismiss">🗙</a>
    </div>
    <script src="_framework/blazor.webassembly.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

5. Now, run the application. The existing Blazor Server project is now converted into a Blazor WebAssembly project.

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