Step-by-step guide on how to use the .Net Aspire Azure Queue Storage component in Visual Studio.
Introduction
.Net Aspire framework is used to develop cloud and production-ready distributed applications. It consists of components to handle cloud-native concerns such as Redis, Postgres etc.
Prerequisites
Install .Net 8
Install Visual Studio 2022 version 17 or higher
.Net Aspire Workload
Container runtime such as Docker Desktop
Objectives
Learn how to create a starter project using .Net Aspire with the Azure Queue Storage.
Github Sample: The solution structure is divided into the following projects
DotnetAspireChallenge.ApiService
DotnetAspireChallenge.AppHost
DotnetAspireChallenge.ServiceDefaults
DotnetAspireChallenge.Web
Getting Started
Step 1: Install the following NuGet package
Install the following Nuget package into the subsequent project “DotnetAspireChallenge.AppHost”
dotnet add package Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Storage
In the above project, register the Azure storage, queue and emulator.
var storage = builder.AddAzureStorage("storage");
var queues = storage.AddQueues("queues");
*Note: * The particular tag is used to skip version checks.
Step 2: Install another NuGet package
Install the following Nuget package into the subsequent project “DotnetAspireChallenge.ApiService”
dotnet add package Aspire.Azure.Storage.Queues
then register the context into the Program.cs file as follows
builder.AddAzureQueueClient("queues");
Step 3: Create an extension class
Create an extension class and register a minimal API send and receive method to demonstrate the QueueServiceClient usage in the API Service
public static class AspireAzureQueueExtension
{
public static void MapAzureQueueEndpoint(this WebApplication app)
{
app.MapGet("/queue-send", async (QueueServiceClient queueServiceClient) =>
{
try
{
var queueClient = queueServiceClient.GetQueueClient("test");
await queueClient.CreateIfNotExistsAsync();
if (await queueClient.ExistsAsync())
{
await queueClient.SendMessageAsync("Test Message ");
return Results.Ok($"Message sent to queue: test");
}
return Results.NotFound($"Queue not found: test");
}
catch (RequestFailedException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("HTTP error code {0}: {1}", e.Status, e.ErrorCode);
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
return Results.Problem($"HTTP error code {e.Status}: {e.Message}");
}
});
app.MapGet("/queue-recieve", async (QueueServiceClient queueServiceClient) =>
{
try
{
var queueClient = queueServiceClient.GetQueueClient("test");
if (await queueClient.ExistsAsync())
{
var response = await queueClient.ReceiveMessageAsync();
if (response?.Value != null)
{
var message = response.Value;
// Delete the message after processing
await queueClient.DeleteMessageAsync(message.MessageId, message.PopReceipt);
return Results.Ok($"Received message: {message.MessageText}");
}
return Results.Ok("No messages in the queue.");
}
return Results.NotFound($"Queue not found: test");
}
catch (RequestFailedException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("HTTP error code {0}: {1}", e.Status, e.ErrorCode);
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
return Results.Problem($"HTTP error code {e.Status}: {e.Message}");
}
});
}
}
and finally, register in the Program.cs file
app.MapAzureQueueEndpoint();
Add additional connection string properties using the JSON syntax
{
"Aspire": {
"Azure": {
"Storage": {
"Queues": {
"DisableHealthChecks": true,
"DisableTracing": false,
"ClientOptions": {
"Diagnostics": {
"ApplicationId": "myapp"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Congratulations..!! You’ve successfully integrated the Azure Queue Storage component into the .Net Aspire project.
Github Project
GitHub - ssukhpinder/DotnetAspireChallenge: 10 Day .Net Aspire Challenge
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