Description

This extension helps to build a Microsoft Azure IoT Hub REST facade in a few seconds. The created solution is ready to be used.

The VS solution template relies on:

• IoTHub's features (SDK)
• .NET 5

The solution is based on another Visual Studio extension allowing to build layered REST API solutions (.NET 5).

What does it look like?

Once the extension installed, you can use it directly from the start screen when you create a new project:

Creation Wizard - Step 1

Creation Wizard - Step 2

The extension will create a VS solution and the projects to build a REST API exposing part of the IoT Hub API.

The provided settings through the wizard can be updated at any time in the configuration file (appsettings.json).

The exposed REST API implements the required mechanisms to take into account automatic:

• versioning
• OpenAPI generation
• include XML comments in the generated OpenAPI file (former Swagger)

.NET CLI

In addition to this Visual Studio version, you can find here the .NET CLI version.

Release notes

v5.0.1013

• end of preview and first .NET 5 version

v5.0.998-preview

• code comments (XML Comments type) at DataContract level are included in the Swagger/OpenAPI generation.

v5.0.989-preview

• solution creation additional UI (Wizard) to provide common settings
• additional parameters

v5.0.939-preview

• preview version of the extension (upgrade from the already published extension under .NET Core 3.1)