No safe way to include license key in the webasm part of a .net 8 blazor app?

[Wuss Wuzz]

After discovering this I downloaded the zip for my os (it comes with samples, nuget dir etc)
I unzipped it.  I placed the nuget directory in a place that the xml below can locate it
I put a nuget.config in each of MyProj and MyProj.Client that looks like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <packageSources>
        <clear />
        <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" protocolVersion="3" />
        <add key="blazor-nuget" value="../resources/nuget" />
    </packageSources>
    <config>
        <add key="dependencyVersion" value="Highest" />
    </config>
    <packageRestore>
        <add key="enabled" value="True" />
        <add key="automatic" value="True" />
    </packageRestore>
    <disabledPackageSources />
    <activePackageSource>
        <add key="All" value="(Aggregate source)" />
    </activePackageSource>
</configuration>
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After looking thru the samples I do not see how to indicate to use the local nuget syncfusion package over the ones that come from api.nuget.org.

How do I tell my app to downlad from the local nuget directory just for these syncfusion packages.

[Wuss Wuzz]

I've updated nuget.config but still no dice

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <config>
        <add key="dependencyVersion" value="Highest" />
    </config>
    <packageSources>
        <clear />
        <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
        <add key="blazor-nuget" value="../resources/nuget" />
    </packageSources>
    <packageSourceMapping>
        <!-- key value for <packageSource> should match key values from <packageSources> element -->
        <packageSource key="nuget.org">
            <package pattern="*" />
        </packageSource>
        <packageSource key="blazor-nuget">
            <package pattern="Syncfusion.*" />
        </packageSource>
    </packageSourceMapping>
    <packageRestore>
        <add key="enabled" value="True" />
        <add key="automatic" value="True" />
    </packageRestore>
    <disabledPackageSources />
    <activePackageSource>
        <add key="All" value="(Aggregate source)" />
    </activePackageSource>
</configuration>
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[Wuss Wuzz]

It seems to be some sort of caching issue, its still using packages from nuget.org instead of using from the local nuget dir.

If i build and publish a fresh app, it then uses the local store (as its a fresh app).

Have to find a way to force a refresh of the syncfusion packages.

[Wuss Wuzz]

Unable to get dev to work. It is always complaining about license.

[Kesavaraman Venkadesan]

Hi Wuss,

We've set up your NuGet.config file based on what you provided, and we've confirmed that we can install Syncfusion NuGet packages from our local directory without any problems using your provided NuGet.config file. To install a package, we've added an entry in the csproj file like below that we provided in the image, NuGet package installed properly that we have in local directory.

If the packages are not in the local directory, we will encounter the following problem while restoring the packages. This error message confirms that the Syncfusion NuGet packages are trying to install from the local directory instead of from nuget.org.

Clearing NuGet Cache for Syncfusion Packages Installation:

In your case, we suspect that the Syncfusion NuGet packages are installed from your NuGet cache location. So, before try install/restore Syncfusion NuGet packages please clear your NuGet cache by following this documentation.

Regards,

V. Kesavaraman

[Wuss Wuzz]

Yes I have tried all the cache clearing

dotnet nuget locals all --clear
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but it does not work.  I have to hard code in the license key for it to work in dev mode.
Somehow it seems to work without the license key on Production which means it is using the downloaded version pulled from my custom repo (instead of nuget.org), But when I run on my own machine with dotnet watch and load a page that is interactivewebassebmly it does not work. It pops up the requires overlay stuff.

Note if i dockerize the app and run it from docker or deploy the docker app all seems to be fine.
Not sure why i need to specify the license key for the downloaded packages running in dev mode via dotnet watch.

P.S. if i remove they syncfusion downloading packages from my local repo directory I get these erros

MyApp.Client.csproj : error NU1101: Unable to find package Syncfusion.Blazor.Grid. No packages exist with this id in source(s): blazor-nuget. PackageSourceMapping is enabled, the following source(s) were not considered: nuget.org. [MyApp.csproj]
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So this tells me that it is using the local packages, like you described above.  But when running locally with dotnet watch it prompts for key.

In both my MyApp.csproj and MyApp.Client.csproj files I have

    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Grid" Version="25.1.35" />
    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes" Version="25.1.35" />
    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Licensing" Version="25.1.35" />
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Doing it like you suggest

    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Blazor" Version="25.1.35" />
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will result in build errors,

[Wuss Wuzz]

I think i may have finally got it to work.

Initally I was doing

services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
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and I changed it to

var syncFusionApiKey = "";
Syncfusion.Licensing.SyncfusionLicenseProvider.RegisterLicense(syncFusionApiKey);
services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();

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and now in dev mode it loads on both server and webassembly without key as well as everywhere else.
I had seen this in your documentation and initially had it like this but as I recall it was not working as expected, maybe I had not cleared my caches back then not sure.  But all seems well now. Thanks to you. Phew.

[Kesavaraman Venkadesan]

Hi Wuss,

Glad to hear that the issue has been resolved. If you need any further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us.

Regards,

V. Kesavaraman