Publish Blazor WebAssembly as static files and folders

[ParsaLmn]

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Hi
I want to use admin template WebAssembly mode but i have my own server api project and I dont want to use
bit admin template server api project.
so as I read in documentations for running WebAssembly mode the api project has to be set as the startup project.
and when I publish the project the size of it is so large which most of it is unuseful for me.

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Is there any other way to publish on WebAssembly mode without using api project?
Or may i create a simple api project just for running the client web project on WebAssembly mode?

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[ysmoradi]

Hi there,

Thanks for reporting the issue.

We're currently using _Layout.cshtml and asp-append-version=true to make CSS and JS files http cache as efficient as possible, and also to make prerendering possible.

To address your issue, I recommend moving your existing API code to the project template's API project.
This is a simple API project that you can customize to your needs. By doing this, you can publish a single project.

Another option is to use your existing API's address in the src/Client/Core/appsettings.json file. This will require you to publish two projects, but you can reduce the size of the published output by removing unused NuGet packages, such as HealtCheck.

We do not currently have plans to support Blazor WebAssembly with an index.html file so that it can be published as a static website.
We might consider this for the future.