netcore

What it does

NETCore2Blockly generates Blockly blocks for each of your controller actions.

Demo at https://netcoreblockly.herokuapp.com/

Demo Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GptkNWjmCzk

NuGet https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetCore2Blockly

How to install NETCore2Blockly in a .NET Core 6 WebAPI / MVC application in 2 steps + run application

Sample project: https://github.com/ignatandrei/BlocklyAutomation/tree/main/src/examples/netcore6/NetCore6Blockly

Step 1:

Install https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetCore2Blockly/ by running the following command in the Package Manager Console:

Install-Package NetCore2Blockly

Step 2:

//after app.MapControllers();
app.UseBlocklyUI(app.Environment);
app.UseBlocklyAutomation();

Run application

Run the application from VS and browse to /BlocklyAutomation/ or /BlocklyAutomation/index.html

How to install NETCore2Blockly in a .NET Core 5 WebAPI / MVC application in 2 steps + run application

Sample project: https://github.com/ignatandrei/BlocklyAutomation/tree/main/src/examples/netcore5

Step 1:

Install https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetCore2Blockly/ by running the following command in the Package Manager Console:

Install-Package NetCore2Blockly

Step 2:

Modify Startup.cs by adding

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
  //somewhere generate the swagger
  services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
  {
      c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new OpenApiInfo { Title = "My API", Version = "v1" });
  });


}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
{
  //last line
  app.UseDefaultFiles();
  app.UseStaticFiles();
  app.UseSwagger();
  app.UseBlocklyUI(env);
//code
  app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
  {
      endpoints.MapControllers();
      endpoints.UseBlocklyAutomation();
  });
}

Run application

Run the application from VS and browse to /BlocklyAutomation/ or /BlocklyAutomation/index.html

How to install NETCore2Blockly in a .NET Core 3.1 WebAPI / MVC application in 2 steps + run application

Step 1

Install-Package Swashbuckle.AspNetCore -Version 5.6.3 Install-Package NetCore2Blockly -Version 3.2022.224.16

Step 2

 app.UseDefaultFiles();
 app.UseStaticFiles();
 app.UseSwagger();
 //code
 app.UseBlocklyUI(env);
app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
{
    endpoints.MapControllers();
    endpoints.UseBlocklyAutomation();
});

Run application

Run the application from VS and browse to /BlocklyAutomation/ or /BlocklyAutomation/index.html

That's all !( 2 steps + run )

Migrating from 1

Replace

using NetCore2Blockly; => using NetCore2BlocklyNew; app.UseBlocklyUI(); => app.UseBlocklyUI(env); Delete app.UseBlockly(); => Add => endpoints.UseBlocklyAutomation();

Navigate to /blocklyAutomation

Advanced usage remote data

For Remote Swagger ( CORS activated )

TBC: create BlocklyAutomation/assets/loadAtStartup/swaggers.json

For authentication - JSON Web Tokens

See Demos from https://netcoreblockly.herokuapp.com/

Also, it works with Active Directory enabled - see Authentication category.

For adding headers to Http requests

See https://netcoreblockly.herokuapp.com/BlocklyAutomation/automation/loadexample/jwt

For exporting data as CSV

See https://netcoreblockly.herokuapp.com/BlocklyAutomation/automation/loadexample/NetCoreBlockly_SaveCSV

For exporting data as image

See https://netcoreblockly.herokuapp.com/BlocklyAutomation/automation/loadexample/saveImage

Making a simple CRUD ( create ,read, update , delete ) application

See https://netcoreblockly.herokuapp.com/BlocklyAutomation/automation/loadexample/NetCoreBlockly_DeleteDepartment or search for department in demos

Adding your blocks

Create BlocklyAutomation\assets\loadAtStartup\customCategories.txt

More information

Download the source code, run the TestNetCorePackage project ( in the test folder ).