How can Asp Net Core serve html static pages?

Question

I have recently started an Asp .Net Core app. Later I wanted to integrate it with Angular, but first I wanted a mechanism that will 'replace' cshtml with html.

If I change extension from cshtml to html I get this

'InvalidOperationException: The view 'Index' was not found'.

Also I tried in Startup

app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
    routes.MapRoute(
        name: "default",
        template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");      
});

but it also didn't work.

Optional is to integrating cshtml layout content with html pages, but I think this is impossible.

So, my question is, can I simply replace all cshtml with html?

Ashiquzzaman · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-01 05:48:50Z

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Static files are typically located in the web root (wwwroot) folder.By default, that is the only place where we can serve up files directly from the file system.

1.create a html file inside (wwwroot) name index.html

2.install Microsoft.AspNet.StaticFiles package via NuGet

3.Add UseStaticFiles in Startup.cs under Configure methode

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseStaticFiles(); // For the wwwroot folder

    // if you want to run outside wwwroot then use this
    //request like http://<app>/StaticFiles/index.html
   /* app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions()
    {
        FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
        RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
    });*/
}

if you want to run Static Files outside wwwroot, then-

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseStaticFiles(); // For the wwwroot folder

    //request like http://<app>/StaticFiles/index.html
    app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions()
    {
        FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
        RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
    });
}

your request like http://<app>/StaticFiles/index.html

if you want index.html to be your default file, this is a feature that IIS has always had,then

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)  { 
   app.UseIISPlatformHandler();  
   app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage(); 

   app.UseRuntimeInfoPage();  
   app.UseDefaultFiles(); 
   app.UseStaticFiles();

}

hopefully it's help you. You can more information from this link.

edited Aug 1, 2018 at 5:48

answered Aug 28, 2017 at 11:06

Ashiquzzaman

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3 Comments

Reft Over a year ago

How do you server index.cshtml?

Ashiquzzaman Over a year ago

@Reft you can more information about chtml from learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/migration/….

Kirill A. Khalitov Over a year ago

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/…

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