How to create and deploy a “Nuget Package” using Visual Studio

Resources

• Visual Studio 2017 or later.

Tasks

• Creating an account in “nuget.org”.
• Creating “Class Library” project and implement utility functionality.
• Configure package properties.
• Get API Key from “nuget.org”.
• Publish the package.
• Installation “NuGet Package” in a client application.

Creating an account in “nuget.org”

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Requirements

• Active Microsoft Account

Note: You are able to select other ways to login.

Steps

Go to https://www.nuget.org/

Select the option “Sign in”.

Enter your Microsoft account or Azure Active Directory.

Accept all permissions gives to Nuget.org

Register your username.

• Note: The username can’t be change or renamed, is case sensitive.

Click in register button.

Creating “Class Library” project and implement utility functionality

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Steps

Open the Visual Studio

Select “Class Library” Project

Set the project name, the location and the solution name.

Set the framework “.NET 6.0 LTS”

Create the class “Connectivity” and copy and paste the next code:

public static bool CheckInternetConnectivity(string url)
{
    try
    {
        using (var client = new WebClient())
        using (var stream = client.OpenRead(url))
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    catch (WebException)
    {
        return false;
    }
}

Result:

Configure package properties

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Steps

In the properties of the project.

Activate the Check to “Generate Nuget package on build”.

Fill the next fields as generic information of your Nuget package: Title, Description, Authors, Company, Tags and etc.

(Optional) Change the project from “Debug” to “Release”

• In both cases works fine.

Build the project

Result:

Get API Key from “nuget.org”

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Steps

Go to API Keys page in “nuget.org”

Set name to API Key and set * in global patterns.

Click in create button.

Result:

Publish the package

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To publish the package we have 2 options: Via GUI using “nuget.org” or Via .NET CLI.

Steps Via GUI

Go to “nuget.org” and select the tab “Upload”

Click in “Browse” control and select your file package.

Verify the package and click in submit.

Steps Via .NET CLI

Go to project and click in “Open folder in File Explorer”

Open a terminal and run the next command taking account the location of package and the api-key.

Command:

dotnet nuget push <path_nuget_package> --api-key <api_key> --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json

Result:

In “nuget.org”, select the “Packages” menu and in “Unlisted Packages” you are able to see the next:

After a few minutes of validation process the package is ready in “Published Packages”

Installation “NuGet Package” in a client application

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To do this one we have 3 ways:

.NET CLI

Command:

dotnet add package CorporationCapsule.Util.Connectivity --version 1.0.0

Installing by .NET CLI

Create or open any project in Visual Studio.

Select the project, right click and select the option “Open Folder in File Explorer”

Open a terminal in the path (cmd.exe)

Run the command for .NET CLI

Package Manager Console

Command:

NuGet\Install-Package CorporationCapsule.Util.Connectivity -Version 1.0.0

Installing by Package Manager Console

In mene “Edit”, “Other Windows”, select “Package Manager Console”

Run the command for “Package Manager Console”

Manage Nuget Packages (GUI)

Browse the package “CorporationCapsule.Util.Connectivity”

Installing by Manage Nuget Packages (GUI)

Select the project, right click and and select the option “Manage Nuget Packages…”

In tab “Browse”, enter in the textbox “CorporationCapsule.Util”

Select the package and click in install.

Accept the change in the solution.

Checking the installation

Before to add the package:

After to add the package:

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