How can I access the command line arguments in a console application using IHostedService?

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I can not figure out how to access the command line args in my ConsoleHostedService implementation class. I see in the sources CreateDefaultBuilder(args) somehow adds it to the configuration... named Args...

Having the main program:

internal sealed class Program
{
    private static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        await Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
            .UseContentRoot(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location))
            .ConfigureServices((context, services) =>
            {
                services.AddHostedService<ConsoleHostedService>();
            })
            .RunConsoleAsync();
    }
}

and the hosted service:

internal sealed class ConsoleHostedService : IHostedService
{
    public ConsoleHostedService(
        IHostApplicationLifetime appLifetime,
        IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
        //...
    }
}
ihostedservice .net-core console-application .net
1 Answers

I don't believe there's a built-in DI method to get command-line arguments - but probably the reason that handling command-line arguments is the responsibility of your host application and that should be passing host/environment information in via IConfiguration and IOptions etc.

Anyway, just define your own injectables:

public interface IEntrypointInfo
{
    String CommandLine { get; }

    IReadOnlyList<String> CommandLineArgs { get; }

    // Default interface implementation, requires C# 8.0 or later:
    Boolean HasFlag( String flagName )
    {
        return this.CommandLineArgs.Any( a => ( "-" + a ) == flagName || ( "/" + a ) == flagName );
    }
}

/// <summary>Implements <see cref="IEntrypointInfo"/> by exposing data provided by <see cref="System.Environment"/>.</summary>
public class SystemEnvironmentEntrypointInfo : IEntrypointInfo
{
    public String CommandLine => System.Environment.CommandLine;

    public IReadOnlyList<String> CommandLineArgs => System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
}

/// <summary>Implements <see cref="IEntrypointInfo"/> by exposing provided data.</summary>
public class SimpleEntrypointInfo : IEntrypointInfo
{
    public SimpleEntrypointInfo( String commandLine, String[] commandLineArgs )
    {
        this.CommandLine = commandLine ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(commandLine));
        this.CommandLineArgs = commandLineArgs ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(commandLineArgs));
    }

    public String CommandLine { get; }

    public IReadOnlyList<String> CommandLineArgs { get; }
}

//

public static class Program
{
    public static async Task Main( String[] args )
    {
        await Host.CreateDefaultBuilder( args )
            .UseContentRoot(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location))
            .ConfigureServices((context, services) =>
            {
                services.AddHostedService<ConsoleHostedService>();
                services.AddSingleton<IEntrypointInfo,SystemEnvironmentEntrypointInfo>()
            })
            .RunConsoleAsync();
    }

For automated unit and integration tests, use SimpleEntrypointInfo.

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