Many .NET developers have extensive experience in desktop and device development, yet web development is not their primary focus.
PicoServer enables you to quickly add web capabilities to your applications—no need to be a web expert—as naturally as calling the familiar methods you know.
You can set up your first WebAPI service in just 1 minute:
1. Install the PicoServer Library
Install PicoServer via the NuGet Package Manager: PicoServer
Install via Command Line
# .NET CLI
dotnet add package PicoServer
# Package Manager Console
NuGet\Install-Package PicoServer
2. C# Quick Start Example
using System.Net;
using PicoServer;
namespace FastTestNamespace
{
public static class FastTest
{
private static readonly WebAPIServer MyAPI = new WebAPIServer();
public static void Main()
{
MyAPI.AddRoute("/", Hello); // Map the root route
MyAPI.StartServer(); // Start the server (default port: 8090)
Console.WriteLine("PicoServer started successfully! Access address: http://127.0.0.1:8090");
Console.ReadKey();
}
// Asynchronous request handling method
private static async Task Hello(HttpListenerRequest request, HttpListenerResponse response)
{
await response.WriteAsync("""{"code":1,"msg":"Hello WebAPI"}""");
}
}
}
3. VB.NET Quick Start Example
Imports System.Net
Imports PicoServer
Module FastTest
Private ReadOnly MyAPI As New WebAPIServer
Sub Main()
MyAPI.AddRoute("/", AddressOf hello) 'Add route mapping
MyAPI.StartServer() 'Start the WebAPI server (default port: 8090; modify port by passing a parameter)
Console.WriteLine("Access address: http://127.0.0.1:8090")
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
Private Async Function hello(request As HttpListenerRequest, response As HttpListenerResponse) As Task
Await response.WriteAsync(<t>{"code":1,"msg":"Hello WebAPI"}</t>.Value)
End Function
End Module
4. Run and Test
After launching the project, visit http://127.0.0.1:8090 and you will receive the following response:
{"code":1,"msg":"Hello WebAPI"}
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