Namespace not found in NuGet package, .net 8.0

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Namespace not found in NuGet package, .net 8.0

Closed this issue 6 months ago · 10 comments

neilgd commented 6 months ago

Hi,

I'm trying call NodeJS code from c#, have installed the NuGet package.

But this line:

using EdgeJs;

Just gives:

error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'EdgeJs' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Any ideas?

Thank you!

Answer 1 · 2025-05-19T14:08:26.000Z

Nuget package only supports .NET Framework Script Node.js from CLR. Take a look at this issue #92 for a possible workaround, this solution is not using Edge.js.

Answer 2 · 2025-05-19T14:41:42.000Z

Ah, thank you! Is it impossible to get it working with .net 8.0, or just that the work hasn't been done?

Answer 3 · 2025-05-19T14:46:05.000Z

It is not possible to run Edge.js nuget package using .NET Core and there are no plans to implement it since it would require a very substantial amount of work.
If solution offered in #92 works for you then you would have to rely on that.

Answer 4 · 2025-05-23T12:58:40.000Z

@neilgd - were you able to run your app using #92?

Answer 5 · 2025-05-23T16:16:36.000Z

Hi, actually tried a different approach, but all working now. Thank you for the reply!

Answer 6 · 2025-05-23T16:25:18.000Z

What is a different approach, please share so I can add this to suggested solutions.

Answer 7 · 2025-05-23T16:40:43.000Z

Ah, it was a completely different approach - I eventually found a library in C# that did what I needed, so I didn't need to call NodeJS after all.

Answer 8 · 2025-06-27T09:59:25.000Z

Ah, it was a completely different approach - I eventually found a library in C# that did what I needed, so I didn't need to call NodeJS after all.

Would you be so kind as to share the name of the library you found please?

Answer 9 · 2025-06-27T10:06:32.000Z

I think he means that he found a library that does the functions that he needed node.js package to do. Not a library that calls .NET from node.js.

So it is related to a specific package and functions that it performs.

Answer 10 · 2025-06-27T10:11:02.000Z

@agracio thank you for the reply; after reading further I realised the solution here is (probably) just what I need: https://github.com/JohnnyFun/NodeJsFromCSharp (pending testing of couse!)