Start Web API from Windows Forms

Question

i got a WinForms Project with a WebAPI inside. The WinForms is used to setup all and the API is needed to fetch data from anywhere else. Is it possible, that i start the Web API via Code after the Setup? Or how can i secure, that always API and WinForms is running?

EDIT: To make it more clear. I got a Web Applicatio, that fetches Data from a Server. To get this data i developed an API. But I'd like to keep the server flexibel. This could maybe change. So my thought was, that I could Setup/Seelect the Server in a WinForms and start in the Background the API. My question is now, is there a possibility to setup the API in the Background of the WinForms and keep the API running after Forms is closed? Hope now is more clear, what I want to do.

Answer 1

You can start a self host webAPI server using a .net task in this simple way:

webServer = WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
    .ConfigureServices(services =>
    {
        // configure your services here
        //services.AddMvc(...
    })
    .Configure(app =>
    {
        // configure your app here
        //app.UseMvc();
    })
    .Build();

await webServer.StartAsync();