Elsa Studio

In this topic, we will create a separate ASP.NET Blazor Webassembly app and turn it into an Elsa Studio that connects to an Elsa Server.

Elsa Studio is a Blazor application that let's you manage workflows through a UI. The application is essentially a SPA that connects to an Elsa Server as its back-end.

Setup

To setup Elsa Studio, we'll go through the following steps:

Create a New Blazor Webassembly App
Execute the following command in the terminal:
```
dotnet new blazorwasm -n "ElsaStudioBlazorWasm"
```
Deprecation warning
The blazorwasm-empty template is dicontinued since .NET 8.0. If you are using .NET 8.0+, you can just use blazorwasm instead of blazorwasm-empty.

Add Elsa Studio Packages

Navigate to the root directory of your project and integrate the following Elsa Studio packages:

cd ElsaStudioBlazorWasm
dotnet add package Elsa.Studio
dotnet add package Elsa.Studio.Core.BlazorWasm
dotnet add package Elsa.Studio.Login.BlazorWasm
dotnet add package Elsa.Api.Client

Modify Program.cs

Open the Program.cs file and replace its existing content with the code provided below:

Program.cs

using Elsa.Studio.Dashboard.Extensions;
using Elsa.Studio.Shell;
using Elsa.Studio.Shell.Extensions;
using Elsa.Studio.Workflows.Extensions;
using Elsa.Studio.Contracts;
using Elsa.Studio.Models;
using Elsa.Studio.Core.BlazorWasm.Extensions;
using Elsa.Studio.Extensions;
using Elsa.Studio.Login.BlazorWasm.Extensions;
using Elsa.Studio.Login.HttpMessageHandlers;
using Elsa.Studio.Workflows.Designer.Extensions;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting;

// Build the host.
var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
var configuration = builder.Configuration;

// Register root components.
builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");
builder.RootComponents.Add<HeadOutlet>("head::after");
builder.RootComponents.RegisterCustomElsaStudioElements();

// Register shell services and modules.
var backendApiConfig = new BackendApiConfig
{
    ConfigureBackendOptions = options => builder.Configuration.GetSection("Backend").Bind(options),
    ConfigureHttpClientBuilder = options => options.AuthenticationHandler = typeof(AuthenticatingApiHttpMessageHandler)
};

builder.Services.AddCore();
builder.Services.AddShell();
builder.Services.AddRemoteBackend(backendApiConfig);
builder.Services.AddLoginModule();
builder.Services.AddDashboardModule();
builder.Services.AddWorkflowsModule();

// Build the application.
var app = builder.Build();

// Run each startup task.
var startupTaskRunner = app.Services.GetRequiredService<IStartupTaskRunner>();
await startupTaskRunner.RunStartupTasksAsync();

// Run the application.
await app.RunAsync();

Remove Unnecessary Files
For a cleaner project structure, delete the following directories and files:
- wwwroot/css
- Pages
- App.razor
- MainLayout.razor
- MainLayout.razor.css
- _Imports.razor
Generate appsettings.json
Within the wwwroot directory, create a new appsettings.json file and populate it with the following content:
wwwroot/appsettings.json
```
{
    "Backend": {
        "Url": "https://localhost:5001/elsa/api"
    }
}
```

Update index.html

To conclude the setup, open the index.html file and replace its content with the code showcased below:

wwwroot/index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"/>
    <title>Elsa Studio</title>
    <base href="/"/>
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="_content/Elsa.Studio.Shell/apple-touch-icon.png">
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="_content/Elsa.Studio.Shell/favicon-32x32.png">
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="_content/Elsa.Studio.Shell/favicon-16x16.png">
    <link rel="manifest" href="_content/Elsa.Studio.Shell/site.webmanifest">
    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ubuntu:wght@300;400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Grandstander:wght@100&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="_content/MudBlazor/MudBlazor.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="_content/CodeBeam.MudBlazor.Extensions/MudExtensions.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="_content/Radzen.Blazor/css/material-base.css" rel="stylesheet" >
    <link href="_content/Elsa.Studio.Shell/css/shell.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="ElsaStudioBlazorWasm.styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>

<body>
<div id="app">
    <div class="loading-splash mud-container mud-container-maxwidth-false">
        <h5 class="mud-typography mud-typography-h5 mud-primary-text my-6">Loading...</h5>
    </div>
</div>

<div id="blazor-error-ui">
    An unhandled error has occurred.
    <a href="" class="reload">Reload</a>
    <a class="dismiss">🗙</a>
</div>
<script src="_content/BlazorMonaco/jsInterop.js"></script>
<script src="_content/BlazorMonaco/lib/monaco-editor/min/vs/loader.js"></script>
<script src="_content/BlazorMonaco/lib/monaco-editor/min/vs/editor/editor.main.js"></script>
<script src="_content/MudBlazor/MudBlazor.min.js"></script>
<script src="_content/CodeBeam.MudBlazor.Extensions/MudExtensions.min.js"></script>
<script src="_content/Radzen.Blazor/Radzen.Blazor.js"></script>
<script src="_framework/blazor.webassembly.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

Launch the Application

To see your application in action, execute the following command:

dotnet run --urls https://locahost:6001

Your application is now accessible at https://localhost:6001.

By default, you can log in using:

username: admin
password: password

Source Code

The source code for this chapter can be found here

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