{"id":3727,"date":"2024-01-20T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiemaguire.net\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2024-01-16T08:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T08:17:07","slug":"using-aspnet-codegenerator-to-run-identity-code-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiemaguire.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/using-aspnet-codegenerator-to-run-identity-code-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Using aspnet-codegenerator to Run Identity Code Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently experienced issues using the scaffolding feature in Visual Studio 2022 when building my next SaaS MVP Audio Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I had used scaffolding before without any issues to auto-generate .NET Identity<\/a> views and associated code for a SaaS MVP and was using it again to speed up development.<\/p>\n

Despite being able to initially run the scaffolding tool using the context menu, subsequent attempts failed.<\/p>\n

Different types of error occurred each time.<\/p>\n

I had an existing web application using .NET 7.0.\u00a0 <\/span>I mirrored that but it still didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Using the Command Prompt<\/b><\/h2>\n

I didn\u2019t have time to burn and found that bypassing the GUI and running the following command from the command prompt created the code and pages that I needed:<\/p>\n

dotnet aspnet-codegenerator identity -dc AudioNotes.Data.AppDbContext<\/code><\/p>\n

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After running the command from the developer prompt I removed the Identity pages and code that were irrelevant, keeping only the ones I required.<\/p>\n

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\nNote<\/b>: this command must be run from the folder that contains your DB Context.<\/p>\n

Any generated Entity Framework code can then be applied in the usual manner, e.g.:<\/p>\n

Add-Migration CreateIdentitySchema
\nUpdate-Database<\/code><\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

Further Information<\/b><\/h2>\n

You can learn more about the various parameters that aspnet-codegenerator<\/code> can be invoked with by reading the following:<\/p>\n