Allow Blazor Server app to have API endpoint

[mrlife]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Rather than adding the complexity of a shared project, that contains EF Core models, to be used by Blazor and an API project, it would be useful to have an API endpoint available in a Blazor Server app.

Describe the solution you'd like

Maybe it is possible, and not documented somewhere I've found, but to add a Controller with an endpoint or handle it in the OnGet of _Host.cshtml would work for this. Is this possible now, or a good fit for a future release?

[mrpmorris]

You can already add api controllers in the usual way. Give it a try. Is there something not working for you?

[mkArtakMSFT]

Thanks for contacting us. As @mrpmorris has pointed out, this is possible even today. Please clarify what specifically you're having trouble with so that we can try to help you.

[mrlife]

@mrpmorris @mkArtakMSFT Thanks for getting back to me. Since this is possible, I will close this out. I thought that Blazor Server just had the one endpoint available of _Host.cshtml. I will use the docs for the Web API tutorial to just add the relevant parts to my Blazor app.